Bug 5021

Summary: Switch to newer kernel as Linux 3.8 is EOL
Product: [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core Reporter: Jonathan Liu <net147>
Component: kernelAssignee: Darren Hart <dvhart>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Undecided CC: bruce.ashfield, tom.zanussi
Version: 1.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: Don't know

Description Jonathan Liu 2013-08-19 05:27:16 UTC 
The Linux 3.8.11 kernel is end of life and no longer be maintained upstream. We should switch to a newer kernel such as Linux 3.10.7 or later.
Comment 1 Bruce Ashfield 2013-08-19 13:40:17 UTC 
As the normal part of the Yocto development process, we uprev the kernel and
reference BSPs.

No need for a defect to trigger this work, it's been well underway for a long time
now.

linux-yocto-dev always chases the latest mainline, and the released versions are
our stable base.

Yocto 1.5 will be updated to the LTSI 3.10 kernel in the next week or so, and 
linux-yocto-dev will follow the 3.11+