Re: Kernel 4.13 rebase plans

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On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 4:42 AM, James Hogarth <james.hogarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 15 September 2017 at 11:00, James Hogarth <james.hogarth@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> On 13 September 2017 at 01:39, James Hogarth <james.hogarth@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>>> On 12 Sep 2017 10:49 pm, "Laura Abbott" <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> On 09/05/2017 09:41 AM, Laura Abbott wrote:
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>>>> Hi,
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>>>> Kernel 4.13 was released this past weekend. This kernel has been
>>>> built for rawhide and is building for F27 as well. We will be
>>>> following the same upgrade procedure as in the past. F25 and F26
>>>> will get rebased to 4.13 after a few stable releases, typically
>>>> 4.13.2 or 4.11.3 depending on how stable the kernel is. Upstream
>>>> does not give release dates for stable release but given past
>>>> timings, this will probably happen towards the end of September.
>>>> As always, if you have any questions please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Laura
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>>>
>>> 4.13.1 is now in the kernel-stabilization COPR. 4.13.2 was released
>>> this morning but given it was released in conjunction with a new
>>> publicized CVE, it was slightly smaller and I'm inclined to wait
>>> for 4.13.3 before attempting to push anything to bodhi for F26.
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>>> Thanks for the update Laura
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>>> I'll pop that on my system tomorrow for some early testing and when
>>> you're ready with the bodhi update will add the feedback.
>>>
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Installed and running well here:
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>> Intel® Core™ i5-6300HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz × 4 Intel® HD Graphics 530 (Skylake
>> GT2) / Nvidia-bumblebee 384.69 on NV117
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>> WiFI working, bluetooth working, GPU works still.
>>
>> Ran through both the default and performance kernel regression tests[0] -
>> both passed.
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>> https://apps.fedoraproject.org/kerneltest/kernel/4.13.1-200.fc26.x86_64
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>> Incidentally I enabled the bfq scheduler for my spinning rust large data
>> drive and kyber for my SSD (since they have had some time to initially "bed
>> in" in 4.12)  and the system feels noticeably more responsive than on cfq
>> before ... though I wonder how much is a placebo effect ... might be fun to
>> switch it up and do some bonnie and iozone testing at some point.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> James
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>> [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelTestingInitiative
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> Something happened in the 4.13.2 release which broke the nvidia driver.
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> A few symbols changed and there was something that flipped to a GPL labelled
> symbol.
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> I know we don't directly provide that for various reasons, but there is the
> initiative with Negativo etc that the Workstation Working Group has
> highlighted several times.
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> See these posts:
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> http://mom.hlmjr.com/2017/09/09/driver-wars-nvidia-drivers-384-69-vs-kernel-4-13/
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> https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1023822/linux/-patch-384-69-kernel-4-13-4-14-staging-/
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> It refers to 4.14-rc1 but I saw the identical issues on 4.13.2-200 with
> this.
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> Is this something worth holding back on the kernel release on F26 for the
> time being?

Absolutely not.

josh
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