On Friday, January 25, 2019 3:14 PM Arve Barsnes wrote: >On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 22:03, Hindman, Gavin <gavin.hindman@xxxxxxxxx> >wrote: >> >> bump >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: linux-rt-users-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-rt-users- >> >owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Hindman, Gavin >> >Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 9:09 AM >> >To: 'linux-rt-users' <linux-rt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >Subject: ETA for 4.19rt-stable patch set? >> > >> >We have a number of customers starting to productize on top of the >> >4.19LTS for next-gen platforms, I'm sure others are in the same >> >position - any estimate on when we might see 4.19rt-stable? > >I might be far off here, but I assume rt-stable is just a name put on the rt- >kernels older than the current that are still maintained. In other words, >nothing special about it, and it will probably appear once a new kernel series >gets rt patch sets. It's the 4.19-series that is LTS, there is nothing special about >rt patches on the older series as far as I know. > My understanding is that the dev tree is just that - some work in progress so could be subject to transient latency and stability regressions. Certainly, the dev tree generally works, but it's not guaranteed to remain that way. The stable patch sets just get the changes considered truly stable. >Cheers, >Arve
