[yocto] sumo missing recipe for kernel 4.4

[Alexander Kanavin]

I see this in the commit history:

    As was previously announced, anything older than 4.14 is being
    dropped in the master/release branches to better support newer
    processors and to ensure that safe/secure kernels are the
    defaults for all builds. The time required to update the older
    kernels with constant updates (more than just CVEs) is not
    justified in new releases.


As usual, Yocto is what you make it. Not happy that 4.4 is gone? Make
a layer that brings it back :)

Alex

2018-08-16 18:32 GMT+02:00 akuster808 <akuster808 at gmail.com>:
>
> Mattias,
>
> On 08/16/2018 07:20 AM, Matthias Schoepfer wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I might be a little late to the party but ... what is the rational
> behind removing kernel recipe for kernel 4.4 from sumo (and later).
>
>
> We typically support Mainline, latest stable and LTS. At the time of Sumo,
> 4.4 was none of those. There are occasions  of an additional version
> included, this is done at the desecration of the Yocto Kernel maintainer and
> Yocto Architect. Supporting more versions not only in Master but Master-1
> and Master-n is a lot of work.
>
>  This
> is *the* kernel with the longest support as of now. When building an
> embedded system that needs updates for quite some years,
>
> Well Sumo only has support for 1yr or little more.  The kernel is only one
> component you need to worry about for longer term support beyond the Sumo's
> life.
>
> - Armin
> * Sumo maintainer
>
> I would go with
> 4.4 right now...
>
> Just wondering...
>
> Regards,
>
>    Matthias
>
>
>
>
>
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