Hi Greg,

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Greg KH [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:21:52AM -0700, Michael Harless wrote:

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I'm working on a project using the LTS 3.14 kernel, but I'll need to be
supporting it long after official support ends on kernel.org for the

branch.

Eeek, why?  What is keeping you from moving to a newer kernel version?
Why is sticking with 3.14 a good idea for anyone?

It's mainly due to certifications and testing and our upgrade process.  My
wish would be to update to a new kernel as well.

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Are there any pointers or suggestions on how to monitor for security and

bug

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fixes that I'll need to pull in and merge myself?

Look at the patches that are marked "cc: stable at vger.kernel.org" in the
changelog area when they hit Linus's tree.  Or look at the patches that
I apply to the latest stable tree.  Either way, be prepared to wade
through 100+ patches a week.

That's what I was kind of afraid the answer was going to be.

I'd recommend just updating to 4.1-stable, it will be easier and cheaper
for you in the long run.

That's probably the next kernel I'll use, unless I can skip to an even
later one.  I'll still probably run into the same thing though, where I
need to support that kernel for awhile after it's reached end-of-life,
until I get some of the other upgrade problems solved.

Thanks for the suggestions on following stable and your patches, and giving
me a better idea of what kind of workload I'm looking forward to.


--Mike
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