Kernel development for Yakkety

[Dann Frazier]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com> wrote:
> I've been working on getting some semblance of a Yakkety kernel working. You
> can follow along by watching
> 'git://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/unstable
> master'. Beware, some days this branch gets massively rebased as often as
> several times in an hour (especially on Mondays when the rc's are released).
>
> There are currently PIE related toolchain issues in Yakkety, so I've
> continued to build using the Xenial toolchain.
>
> The initial rebase from Xenial had some patch fallout:
>
> Seth - Could you have a look at these patches. I assume they are still
> necessary.
>
> UBUNTU: SAUCE: ext4: Add support for unprivileged mounts from user
> namespaces
> UBUNTU: SAUCE: ext4: Add module parameter to enable user namespace mounts
>
> You should also have a look at this backport to ensure that I did it
> correctly:
>
> UBUNTU: SAUCE: cgroup: Use a new super block when mounting in a cgroup
> namespace
>
> Dann - arm EFI has been completely re-factored. This patch (though
> relatively simple) may no longer be necessary:
>
> UBUNTU: SAUCE: (noup) efi: ARM/arm64: ignore DT memory nodes instead of
> removing them

Thanks Tim. This is staged in linux-next for 4.7 along with the rest
of the arm64/dt NUMA patches. +1 dropping it (and the series) from y
for now. I can follow up with proper cherry-picks after the merge
window opens.

  -dann