Hi, On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:32:23AM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi Kernel team, > > I know everybody is busy, but friendly ping. > > On 24-05-2021 06:55, Paul Gevers wrote: > > I happen to own a QNAP (armel) and I spotted in the changelog that it's > > not going to be supported in bullseye. I was wondering, is that > > something that should be mentioned in the release notes? Obviously I > > don't mean because I own it, but I'm betting that support for particular > > hardware pieces has been dropped in the past too. I don't recall > > something like that in the buster release notes, but even if we didn't > > do it in the past, now could be a good moment to start if we think we > > should add it. > > > > Either way, I was wondering what would happen if I try to upgrade such a > > device. I'm *assuming* that the linux package would detect that the > > image is too big, but what would that leave me? A fully upgraded system > > with an old kernel, or is there any detection before any upgrade > > happens? For owners of such devices, is their only option to stay at > > buster? E.g. is there any chance in building a smaller custom kernel > > with less options enabled or is that impossible because nearly > > everything is build as module?
Let's explicitly ask the "porters" for arm as listed in (kernel-teamMAINTAINERS.Debian), Vagrant, Uwe, Roger, anyone from you can comment on the above on how to document it? Regards, Salvatore
