On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 4:11 PM, stan <stanl-fedorau...@vfemail.net> wrote: > On Sat, 19 May 2018 16:24:17 +0530 > Manas Mangaonkar <manasmangaon...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> For the record,I am going with the kernel Lts given that it has >> patches for meltdown & spectre. > > There are recent kernels without the patches? I think they are > standard in all fedora kernels.
The upstream non LTS kernels have had the mitigation for meltdown/spectre longer than LTS and they likely have more robust implementations. All Fedora releases have had fixes for some time. > To get your feet wet, you could build a standard Fedora kernel using > one of these processes. > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Building_a_custom_kernel > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/quick-docs/en-US/kernel/build-custom-kernel.html > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Building_a_custom_kernel/Source_RPM > > Then, when you have that working, use the same procedure to build the > clear linux kernel from source. That way you know that both compile > individually. > > The final step is just to ensure that once the Fedora kernel is patched > to support clear linux, it compiles also. Then it will support the > Fedora enhancements to the kernel that haven't made it upstream yet > (and might never), and will run on any fedora system. > > I don't know if the clear linux kernel is compatible with other > architectures and video hardware. If it isn't, it can only be run on > x86_64 with intel video hardware (no nvidia or amd additional video > hardware). If it isn't compatible with other architectures or video > hardware, I don't think it makes sense to compile it as a Fedora > kernel, so you would be done after you get it building from source. > Not sure how useful such a kernel would be. > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SDS3J723DDZB6VNXHD2DVD2STHC7TDSY/ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BA3RBXY3PYJ4U2H5LCLJ6ZWTX4FITDGS/
