[linux-yocto] v4.12.x - stable updates comprising v4.12.24

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 05/10/2018 05:30 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Bruce, Yocto kernel folks:
> 
> Here is another 4.12.x stable update "extension" primarily created for
> the Yocto project, continuing on top of the previous v4.12.23 kernel.
> 
> There are about 90 commits here, and for the 2nd release in a row, we
> are with no real multi-commit topics, meaning things are remaining as
> what people expect to be normal for a stable release.  Again it is
> selected content based on what was used for 4.14-stable that would also
> be appropriate for the 4.12 kernel here.
> 
> As usual, I've put this 4.12.x queue through the various testing that I
> figured made sense, which includes but is not limited to:
> 
> -x86-64 sanity boot test + workloads of defconfig on COTS Core2 box.
> -build MIPS, PPC, ARM, ARM64 with defconfig
> -build x86-64 allmodconfig/allyesconfig
> -build i386 allmodconfig/allyesconfig
> 
> I bumped the 4.12 Makefile and did the signed tag just as per the previously
> released 4.12.x versions.
> 
> Please find a signed v4.12.24 tag using this key:
> 
> http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xEBCE84042C07D1D6
> 
> in the repo in the kernel.org directory here:
> 
>     https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.12.y.git/
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.12.y.git

Thanks Paul,

This is now merged.

Bruce

> 
> for merge to standard/base in linux-yocto-4.12 and then out from there
> into the other base and BSP branches.
> 
> For those who are interested, the evolution of the commits is here:
> 
>     https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-4.12.git/
> 
> This repo isn't needed for anything; it just exists for transparency and
> so people can see the raw commits that were used to create this 4.12.x
> release, similar to Greg's stable queue with the 4.14.x content
> mentioned above:
> 
>     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/
> 
> Paul.
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