From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D982C433EF for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:55:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S243533AbiBQU4L (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:56:11 -0500 Received: from mxb-00190b01.gslb.pphosted.com ([23.128.96.19]:41320 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S240200AbiBQU4I (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:56:08 -0500 Received: from jabberwock.ucw.cz (jabberwock.ucw.cz [46.255.230.98]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84A4F606E5; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:55:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by jabberwock.ucw.cz (Postfix, from userid 1017) id E819C1C0B7F; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:55:50 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:55:50 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, lwn@lwn.net, jslaby@suse.cz Subject: Re: Linux 4.4.302 Message-ID: <20220217205550.GA21004@duo.ucw.cz> References: <1643877137240249@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1643877137240249@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! > I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.302 kernel. >=20 > This kernel branch is now END-OF-LIFE. It will not be getting any more > updates from the kernel stable team, and will most likely quickly become > insecure and out-of-date. Do not use it anymore unless you really know > what you are doing. >=20 > Note, the CIP project at https://www.cip-project.org/ is considering to > maintain the 4.4 branch in a limited capability going forward. If you > really need to use this kernel version, please contact them. Yes, please; feel free to contact us. Greg, we'll likely keep maintaining "stable 4.4.X" separately from "stable + changes for cip hardware, aka 4.4.X-cipY". Would it be okay if we simply kept tagging those kernels as 4.4.303 / 4.4.304 / ...? CIP project is committed to maintain 4.4.x kernel till January of 2027 [1]. We are maintaining -cip branch [2], that is stable kernel with about 1000 of patches to support our reference hardware [3] and -cip-rt branch, with is merge of -rt and -cip trees. If you for some reason need 4.4.x with bug and security fixes, and are running similar hardware to our reference hardware (x86-64 and armv7), -cip tree may be good base for that work. Testing of the -cip tree is welcome, as is joining the CIP project. [1] https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cip/linux-cip.git/log/?= h=3Dlinux-4.4.y-cip-rt [3] https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/ciptesting= /cipreferencehardware ? Best regards, Pavel --=20 DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABECAB0WIQRPfPO7r0eAhk010v0w5/Bqldv68gUCYg62VgAKCRAw5/Bqldv6 8svPAJ9oyTmXmVpzTa4Y3RErN1DL0drAOwCeIqGtwfW2Z/Q+CKWknCN1cxQ3PKI= =npnk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--