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Kernel 3.12.16 for ROSA 2012 2012.1 & OMV 2013 2014

Posted: 13 April 2014, 14:39
by NicCo
Kernel 3.12.16 for ROSA 2012lts, rosa2012.1 and omv2013.0, omv2014.0
Kernel 3.12 kernel has been declared as the most recent LTS Longterm Kernel serie


Kernel 3.12.16 - https://lwn.net/Articles/592841/
Since version 3.12.11 we use the new stable major version of BFQ v7r2

read more about BFQv7r2:
viewtopic.php?p=23575#p23575

Our changelog

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* Fri Apr 11 2014 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.12.16-1
- add new /patches-latest folder and script (for testing latest patches)
- add two visual improvement patches: for boot and console appearance:
- * colored printk feature patch with the default colors for .configs
  * we must setup our preferred color palette, different than (=0x07)
  * font-8x16-iso-latin-1-v3
  * this shows the boot with more readable fonts, with a more dense look
- add patches for thinkpads:
  * enable-thinkpad-hardware-mute-control.patch
  * thinkPad-30-brightness-control-fix.patch
- add patch: 
  * criu-no-expert.patch
  it enables additional kernel features in a sake of checkpoint/restore
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.12 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Sat Mar 29 2014 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.12.15-1
+ kernel 3.12.15 stable
- add BR: perl-devel 
- add two patches:
  * # fix some non-booting systems
    acpi-ACPICA-Add-Windows-2013-string-to-_OSI-support.patch
  * # QEMU
  * sound-alsa-hda-add-qemu-codec-vendor-id.patch
- drop patch, already in mainstream:
  *acpi-blacklist-Win8-OSI-for-some-HP-laptop-2013-models.patch
- update patch:
  * tuxonice-for-linux-3.12.14-2014-03-17.patch
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.12 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------


Build status & Availability
I remind you the base repo address for kernels 3.12 link:
http://abf.rosalinux.ru/downloads/kerne ... epository/
The rpms will be available for for rosa2012lts, rosa 2012.1, omv2013, omv2014, cooker
These below are the rebuilds right now in progress... related to the new kernel 3.12.16

nrj >>> https://abf.rosalinux.ru/kernels_3_12x/ ... uild_lists
- kernel-nrj-desktop and kernel-nrj-desktop-pae
- kernel-nrj-laptop and kernel-nrj-laptop-pae
- kernel-nrj-netbook and kernel-nrj-netbook-pae
- kernel-nrj-realtime and kernel-nrj-realtime-pae
- kernel-nrj-server

nrjQL >>> https://abf.rosalinux.ru/kernels_3_12x/ ... uild_lists
- kernel-nrjQL-desktop and kernel-nrjQL-desktop-pae
- kernel-nrjQL-laptop and kernel-nrjQL-laptop-pae
- kernel-nrjQL-netbook and kernel-nrjQL-netbook-pae
- kernel-nrjQL-realtime and kernel-nrjQL-realtime-pae
- kernel-nrjQL-server




VMWare virtualization
We noticed that Kernel 3.12 did not work with Virtualization Apps,
we found a solution to be applied directly to the vmware sources

VMware and Kernel issues, how to fix with kernel >= 3.12
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4339

Please, report your experience with this kernel and vmware 10.0.1 player 6.0.1

General Info about kernel 3.12
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.12


bye, NicCo