[Kernel] Weekly Status 2012-12-11

[Leann Ogasawara]

== Weekly Status ==
Links to overall status, burn down charts, and work item tracking can be
found at the following:

 * Overall Status
  * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/ReleaseStatus/Raring

 * Burn Down Charts
  * 13.04: 
http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-raring/canonical-kernel-distro-team-ubuntu-13.04.html
  * Overall:
http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-raring/canonical-kernel-distro-team.html

 * Work Item Tracking
  * https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-distro-team/+upcomingwork

=== What was done engineering wise? ===
We have recently rebased our Raring kernel to the final upstream v3.7
release and uploaded.  We will keep the kernel in the Raring archive on
a v3.7 based kernel until a few upstream v3.8-rc# iterations have
passed.  We'll then upload a v3.8 based kernel and remain on the v3.8
kernel for the remainder of the Raring cycle.  We would also like to
note that we have uploaded our Raring kernel to the
ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/r-lts-backport PPA to facilitate testing of the 13.04
kernel in 12.04.

We are also monitoring the 12.04.2 point release which will ship with a
12.10 kernel and X stack by default.  The policies and procedures
regarding the 12.04.2 point release and the 12.10 enablement stack have
been documented [1].  If there are any remaining questions or concerns,
we need to know about them immediately.  We have also been working to
provide support for Haswell systems via the 12.04.2 point release and
the 12.10 enablement stack.  The kernel currently making it's way
through quantal-proposed should provide this enablement.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Specs/QuantalLTSEnablementStack

=== What's about to land that might impact the other teams and release
as a whole? ===
Nothing at this time.

=== Summary of bugs working on by team (reasonably reliable) ===
 * Bug:1011828 Session failed to laod with 12.10 kernel on 12.04 test
 * Bug:993506 nvidia kernel module fails to build on 3.4.x kernel
  * Investigate for 12.04.2 point release
 * Bug:1085482 linux-generic-lts-quantal needs also an updated
bcmwl-kernel-source package
  * Investigate for 12.04.2 point release
 * Bug:1085822 Installation of 3.5 kernel results in disabled wireless
  * Investigate for 12.04.2 point release 
 * Bug:1031831 3.5.0-7.7~precise1-generic works except for broadcom
bcmwl-kernel-source failure
 * Bug:1052278 [ASUS][X501U][X401U] Fn + F8 display mode switch hot key
will switch the mode 2 times by one single key stroke
 * Bug:1088433 PERCPU: allocation failed when loading module kvm
 * Bug:1087622 Linux kernel 3.5.0-20 won't boot
 * Bug:1088604 iwlwifi wireless / wifi driver in 3.5.0-20-generic broken
(oops) after upgrade from 3.5.0-19-generic (suspected duplicate of 1087622)
 * Bug:1088607 Backport BCM20702A0 patch into 12.04
 * Bug:1088733 Regression in dib0700 dvb-t driver
 * Bug:1085830 Kernel does not boot on HP ProBook 4540s (with UEFI)
 * Bug:1086062 Black screen at boot on i915
 * Bug:1085627 AMD microcode failed to load
 * Bug:1085351 [patch] Add support for 2001:3c1e (D-Link DWA-125 rev B1)

=== Dependencies on other teams to make deliverables, blocking items,
release wide concerns? ===
Nothing at this time.