The next OpenWrt release will use kernel 4.9 and kernel 4.14 depending on the target. All targets that are *not* on either kernel 4.9 or 4.14 will not be included in the next release.
I did some overview of the kernel version some months ago here: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/lede-dev/2017-October/009446.html http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/lede-dev/2018-February/011308.html Here is the current situation as of today: The following targets are on kernel 4.14 and are fine: * apm821xx * archs38 * armvirt * bcm53xx * cns3xxx * imx6 * ipq40xx * kirkwood * malta * mediatek * mvebu * mxs * octeon * octeontx * pistachio * sunxi * x86 The following targets are on kernel 4.9 and are fine: * ar71xx * ar7 * arc770 * at91 There are some patches for kernel 4.14 on the mailing list, but it looks like nobody with the hardware wants to take care of them. * ath25 * brcm2708 * brcm47xx There is a pull request with kernel 4.14 patches on github, we will probably stay with kernel 4.9 for the next release. * brcm63xx patches for 4.14 are available in master * ipq806x * ixp4xx * lantiq patches for 4.14 are available in master, we will probably stay with kernel 4.9 for the next release. * layerscape * mpc85xx * omap There is a pull request with kernel 4.14 patches on github. * orion * ramips patches for 4.14 are available in master, we will probably stay with kernel 4.9 for the next release. * rb532 * uml The following targets are on kernel 4.4 and will probably not be included in the next release: * gemini There are patches for kernel 4.14 on the mailing list, we will probably get them in before the release and ship this with 4.14 * oxnas * zynq The following targets are on kernel 3.18 and will probably not be included in the next release: * adm5120 * adm8668 * au1000 * mcs814x * ppc40x * ppc44x * xburst This target is on kernel 4.1 (WTF): * omap24xx All the targets which are not on kernel 4.9 or 4.14 will probably not be included in the next release, I also haven't seen any activity for any of them expected the gemini target to get support for more recent kernel versions, if you need them please take care now. I am fine with the current status and do not see this as a blocker for the next release, all important targets are on either 4.9 or 4.14, if someone wants to see his target on a more recent version we are still open for patches. Hauke _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
