From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A0ADC433E0 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:55:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C020B64DFF for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:55:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231415AbhBRLym (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:54:42 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48860 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230200AbhBRKTB (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Feb 2021 05:19:01 -0500 Received: from jabberwock.ucw.cz (jabberwock.ucw.cz [IPv6:2a00:da80:fff0:2::2]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4380DC0617A7 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:06:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by jabberwock.ucw.cz (Postfix, from userid 1017) id EA20A1C0B7C; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:04:22 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:04:22 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Scott Branden , Linux ARM , LKML , BCM Kernel Feedback Subject: Re: 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years? Message-ID: <20210218100422.GA28546@amd> References: <8cf503db-ac4c-a546-13c0-aac6da5c073b@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! (Second attempt to reply, as first one is not in the archives?!) > > So far the jury is still out for 5.10, are you willing to help with > > this? If not, why are you willing to hope that others are going to do > > your work for you? I am talking to some companies, but am not willing > > to commit to anything in public just yet, because no one has committed > > to me yet. >=20 > Following up on this as I did not hear back from you. Are you and/or > your company willing to help out with the testing of 5.10 to ensure that > it is a LTS kernel? So far I have not had any companies agree to help > out with this effort, which is sad to see as it seems that companies > want 6 years of stable kernels, yet do not seem to be able to at the > least, do a test-build/run of those kernels, which is quite odd... We expect to maintain 5.10.X kernel for 10 years, which means you can expect similar testing we do for 4.4 and 4.19 to happen for 5.10: https://www.cip-project.org/blog/2020/12/02/cip-to-embark-on-kernel-5-10-de= velopment-for-slts If Broadcom (or anyone else) needs long-term support for 5.10 kernel, they are welcome to explore/join the CIP project. That should happen even if 5.10-stable is only mainained for 2 years. More information can be found here: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/ciptesting/cip= referencehardware Best regards, Pavel PS: Speaking for myself, but not saying anything not publicly known, I believe :-). I believe I can get more official statements if someone needs them. --=20 DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAmAuO6YACgkQMOfwapXb+vJcwQCfRPQz5lGgcMFcqrSusKSUQzR/ RgkAn36OQGbZR53Khh/c93zmYfegFSps =uPaS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q--