Kernel 3.12 kernel has been declared as the most recent LTS Longterm Kernel serie
Kernel 3.12.17 - https://lwn.net/Articles/593876/
Since version 3.12.11 we use the new stable major version of BFQ v7r2
read more about BFQv7r2:
viewtopic.php?p=23575#p23575
THE EXPERIMENT CORNER
In this first 3.13.6 version we enabled two new kernel keys to test the "EDID ovverride" feature,
with this we should be able to override the wrong EDID of displays with options at kernel boot
We enabled exactly these two keys:
http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/FIRMWARE_EDID.html
http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/DRM_L ... MWARE.html
About EDID override howto, you read here:
https://www.osadl.org/monitoring/patche ... ware.patch
In general, choosing Y for this option is safe. If you experience extremely long delays while booting before you get something on your display, try setting this to N. Matrox cards in combination with certain motherboards and monitors are known to suffer from this problem.
Please, check if this feature harms the Matrox video driver..., if you can..., and report here!
The EDID bin files are supplied here:
https://abf.rosalinux.ru/openmandriva/edidbins
Our changelog
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* Wed Apr 16 2014 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.12.17-69
- Enable a feature to be able to override the wrong EDID of displays:
- changed the values of two keys below
* CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE=y
* CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y
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- 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
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* Fri Apr 11 2014 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.12.16-69
- 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
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- 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> 3.12.15-69
+ 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
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- 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
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Build status & Availability
The rpms will be available for for rosa2012lts, rosa 2012.1, omv2013, omv2014, cookerI remind you the base repo address for kernels 3.12 link:
http://abf.rosalinux.ru/downloads/kerne ... epository/
These below are the rebuilds right now in progress... related to the new kernel 3.12.17
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