Kernel 5.10 on Ubuntu 20.04 (or later) (for T2 Apple hardware)

[Keith]

On 5/25/21 7:54 PM, Will McGinnis wrote:
> Hi all, there is a particular need for the Linux kernel version 5.10 as
> that kernel LTS release has been chosen by the T2 Apple hardware Linux
> maintainers.
>
> I wanted to check in about what the most approved Ubuntu way to get
> kernel version 5.10 would be on Ubuntu 20.04 and later, getting the
> benefit of the LTS release with the kernel team including the Ubuntu
> patches.
>
> I see there are linux-image-5.10.0-xxxx-oem packages:
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/linux-image-5.10.0-1026-oem
> <https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/linux-image-5.10.0-1026-oem>
>
> Is this the closest there is or is there a better way?
>
> Thanks for reading!
>

The oem kernels are in the Main repository, so all you have to do is
install it like any other package.

$ sudo apt install linux-image-oem-20.04b

You'll probably want to install the header package,
linux-headers-oem-20.04b, also.

For more info:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/OEMKernel

--
Keith