Kernel Version and Flavors

Registered by Leann Ogasawara

Discussions on the likely mainline kernel version and appropriate kernel flavors for P.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Pete Graner
Priority:
Essential
Drafter:
Leann Ogasawara
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Leann Ogasawara
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for precise
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Leann Ogasawara
Completed by
Leann Ogasawara

Related branches

Sprints

Whiteboard

Work Items for precise-alpha-1:
[colin-king] compare power consumption/preformance of 32bit v 32bit-pae (see http://zinc.canonical.com/~cking/power-benchmarking/blueprint-foundations-p-64bit-by-default/low-memory-systems/results-2): DONE
[apw] connect with arm people for armhf flavor:DONE

Work Items for precise-alpha-2:
[timg-tpi] should we move the non-pae kernel to universe and community maintained:DONE
[leannogasawara] talk to themuso/jk about needing the non-smp powerpc flavor:DONE

Work items for ubuntu-12.04:
[leannogasawara] publicise final kernel version after we hit kernel freeze: DONE
[leannogasawara] update https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ABIPackages at kernel freeze: DONE
[colin-king] investigate performance overhead on 32bit from move generic -> generic-pae (see http://zinc.canonical.com/~cking/power-benchmarking/blueprint-foundations-p-64bit-by-default/low-memory-systems/results-1): DONE

Notes:
[q-funk] proposal: rename -generic to -desktop and make it utilize full desktop preemption.

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Work Items

Dependency tree

* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.