HWE Source Policy

Samson Yeung samson.yeung at oracle.com
Fri May 3 22:17:50 UTC 2013


Hi all,

Ksplice is _considering_ adding support for the HWE kernels.

(Please reply directly as I am not on list.)

I am not having any luck via Google, can someone point me at a policy 
that states that the HWE backport kernel is always going to be built 
from exactly the same source and config as the forwards version?

Eg.
Is the Precise HWE kernel:
   linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic (3.5.0-27.46~precise1)
absolutely going to be built from the same source and config as the 
corresponding Quantal kernel?
   linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic (3.5.0-27.46)

Or, if this is not true, point me towards some documentation that says so?

Also, what is the release scheduling - is it possible for an HWE kernel 
to be released before forward version?

Regards,
-Samson Yeung




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