[yocto] Yocto 2.2 minimum kernel requirement

[Khem Raj]

> On Oct 31, 2016, at 7:37 AM, Vuille, Martin (Martin) <vmartin at avaya.com> wrote:
> 
> We are looking at upgrading from Yocto 1.8 to 2.2.
> 
> Yocto 2.2 has a minimum kernel requirement of 3.2.0.
> 
> This isn’t an issue for our target (ARMv5, Linux 4.4) but may be
> an issue for our automated build machines (x86, Linux 2.6.32—CentOS 6.)
> 
> However, there is a note that says
> “For x86 and x86_64, you can reset OLDEST_KERNEL <http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.2/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#var-OLDEST_KERNEL> to anything down to 2.6.32 if desired.”
> 
> Is it possible to configure things such that we can keep supporting the old
> kernel for the SDK while we support a more up-to-date kernel for the target?

I think that should be the default. We do not set it for x86/nativesdk case. File a ticket if thats not
the case.

> 
> MV
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