[OpenAFS-devel] Building for linux 4.10

[Stephan Wiesand]

> On 10. Apr 2017, at 14:59, Todd Lewis <utoddl@email.unc.edu> wrote:
>=20
> Is there a straightforward way to figure out which pieces of
> git://git.openafs.org/openafs.git could be used to test on Linux =
4.10.x?

Maybe not really straightforward, but reading cb12420 (Update NEWS for =
1.6.20.2)
one could in theory find out that the only change for Linux 4.10 is =
gerrit 12530 and
thus commit 34321f7 .

Sorry we're late - it's largely my fault. We'll hopefully release =
1.6.20.2 this week, and hopefully it will even support Linux 4.11.

- Stephan

> I know
> running Fedora comes with the risk that the kernel gets ahead of =
out-of-tree
> modules, and that the volunteers keeping OpenAFS alive prefer to =
release tested
> software. So I get that there are times like now when the choice is =
between
> running older kernels or pre-release (or not-yet-written) code. But =
this is a
> personal desktop, not a production service machine, so thin ice is an =
acceptable
> choice. Besides, if I can help out with some testing I'm glad to do =
that.
>=20
> Having said all that, and having crawled around the repo with my =
novice level
> git foo, I have not found anything like, "Those willing to crash and =
burn with
> the latest kernels could try this, this, and that." I'm willing, but
> insufficiently en-clued.
>=20
> Thanks.

--=20
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