Re: Poll: Is anyone using nouveau driver on ppc64 system?
I like the idea of this group adopting an LTS kernel, and fleshing-out that one as much as we can. And then moving on to the next, if we believe it offers more. After-all, these efforts are not all about the kernel itself, but really more about what we can run reliably in total.
Thomas Grzybowski
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On Friday, October 8th, 2021 at 5:40 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> On 10/8/21 11:13, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
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> > On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 5:41 PM Tom Grzybowski tomgrzybow@protonmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > I have a related question: instead of us breaking what is working by updating
> > >
> > > the kernel regularly, why don't we find a good working kernel version and move on
> > >
> > > only when we can match that in terms of functionality? Is there some "requirement"
> > >
> > > to always feature the latest kernel?
> >
> > Regarding the "find a good working kernel", it may be a good idea to
> >
> > invest in a LTS kernel. Currently that is 5.4 and 5.10. 5.4 is
> >
> > supported until December 2025, 5.10 is supported until December 2026.
>
> Well, you can always just pick the kernel from stable, manually build it for
>
> powerpc and/or ppc64 and you've got an LTS kernel.
>
> But again, this is not an automatic process.
>
> Adrian
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