[yocto] [PATCH 2/3] poky: update default kernel to v4.15

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 2018-02-16 1:14 AM, akuster808 wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/15/2018 08:54 PM, Anuj Mittal wrote:
>> Hi Bruce,
>>
>> On 02/07/2018 12:34 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>>> Updating the default kernel for qemu* to be v4.15. This allows easy
>>> integration of the latest fixes/features for new BSPs. 4.14 is also
>>> available as a LTS kernel option.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com>
>>> ---
>>>   meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf | 2 +-
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
>>> index 3dac26fa3c7b..441986c190bf 100644
>>> --- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
>>> +++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
>>> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-module-af-packet"
>>>   
>>>   DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "${DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT} ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC} ${POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES}"
>>>   
>>> -PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "4.12%"
>>> +PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "4.14%"
>> Should this have been 4.15?
> If I am not mistaken, the default will be the lts kernel which is 4.14.

Yup. There were several bounces of this in thread, but the end
result are 4.12, 4.14 and 4.15 being the default for various
platforms.

It will end up being 4.14 and 4.15 by the time the release is done.
.. we just need to get the h/w references moved first.

Bruce

> 
> - armin
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anuj
>>
>>>   
>>>   SDK_NAME = "${DISTRO}-${TCLIBC}-${SDK_ARCH}-${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${TUNE_PKGARCH}"
>>>   SDKPATH = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"
>>>
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