[Kernel] Release Meeting 2012-02-03

[Leann Ogasawara]

Overall status is reported at the first link below.  Burn down for
Precise Beta-1 is at the second link below.  Burndown for the cycle is
at the third link:

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/ReleaseStatus/Precise
 * http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-precise/canonical-kernel-distro-team-ubuntu-12.04-beta-1.html
 * http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-precise/canonical-kernel-distro-team.html

== What was done engineering wise? ==

We uploaded the linux-3.2.0-12.20 and linux-3.2.0-12.21 kernels in time
for the Alpha-2 milestone.  These uploads contained a rebase to v3.2.2,
enabled CONFIG_GPIO_TWL4030=y for arm[el|hf] to resolve boot issues,
reverted an ath9k regression from v3.2.2, and dropped the seccomp_filter
patch set.

We also announced the opening of the ubuntu-q git repo [1].  This has
been rebased to the latest upstream v3.3-rc2 kernel.  At this time, this
repository is strictly for development and testing purposes only and
will be completely unsupported until we officially release Precise and
the Q development cycle begins.

Any outstanding work items from Alpha-2 were re-targeted to Beta-1.

[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2012-February/018761.html

== What's about to land that might impact the other teams? ==

We've been queuing patches for the first upload post Alpha-2.  This will
include fixes for supporting new broadcom bluetooth devices, mtip32xx
driver updates, add vga_switcheroo support for models with nvidia
optimus hybrid graphics, fixes for radeon issues on MacBook Pro 8,2, and
misc regression fixes.

=== Release Notes ===

Alpha-2 notes were posted to
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview

== Summary of bugs working on by team (reasonably reliable) ==

Aside from the immediate bugs/issues we resolved this week, we're also
keeping an eye on the following bugs:

 * Bug:818830 - [Sandy Bridge] serious power regression from kernel 3.0.0-6 to 3.0.0-7 (rc6 disabled)
 * Bug:855124 - XRANDR operations very slow unless (phantom) HDMI1 disabled
 * Bug:836250 - Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking
 * Bug:898127 - system hangs and errors at /build/buildd/linux-3.2.0/arch/x86/kernel/apic/ipi.c:113 default_send_IPI_mask_logical+0xdc/0xf0()
 * Bug:904297 - System crashed with latest updates
 * Bug:898112 - Xen performance issue: backport acpi-cpufreq.v4 branch to 3.2 kernel for Precise
 * Bug:917962 - BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper
 * Bug:924989 - Black screen at boot on Thinkpad L520
 * Bug:923316 - [regression] Speakers are not muted while plugin the headphone
 * Bug:923409 - [Both front and rear Line-In] No sound (codec parsing fails)
 * Bug:912992 - [snb-m-gt2+] Primary laptop display not working, external monitor works fine

== Dependencies on other teams, blocking items ==
None.

== Issues? ==
None.