Ludovic Courtès writes: > Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> skribis: > >> Christopher Allan Webber <cweb...@dustycloud.org> writes: >> >>> From e60db83ffff23c57ec5c44de7c99cee8e4e353ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >>> From: Christopher Allan Webber <cweb...@dustycloud.org> >>> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:34:25 -0800 >>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add linux-libre-4.2.5 >>> >>> This older version of linux-libre is being added because it was found >>> that newer versions (or at least 4.3.3) of linux-libre were not reading >>> the hardware clock on (at least Libreboot-enabled) Thinkpad x200 >>> machines. >>> >>> * gnu/linux.scm (linux-libre-4.2.5): New variable. >> >> I would say that the variable should be named 'linux-libre-4.2', which >> would always be bound to the latest 4.2.x. However, there's another >> problem: the 4.2 branch is no longer supported upstream, so it will no >> longer receive security updates and other important fixes. >> >> I suggest that we instead add linux-libre-4.1, which is still supported >> upstream and is designated as an LTS branch. Would that be okay? > > If it works for Christopher, that’s a good idea.
Fine by me, assuming it works. I can test it works fine probably tomorrow. >> Another issue is that the kernel config for 4.3 is being used here. I >> guess maybe that's working well enough in this case, but really our >> kernel packages should be refactored somewhat to make this nicer. > > Yeah, though that’s probably beyond the scope of this particular issue. I haven't noticed any problems, though >> One more thing: Francis Rowe told me that the coreboot developers have >> determined that this is a bug on their side, and libreboot will >> cherry-pick the fix soon, if it hasn't already. > > Interesting. Any links to the bug report or commit? Yeah, Francis told me this as well. I guess this means that I should reflash libreboot once this change happens. I'm a little bit nervous to do that! :)
