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[bug#42686] Update to linux-libre 5.7
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Leo Famulari |
Subject: |
[bug#42686] Update to linux-libre 5.7 |
Date: |
Sun, 2 Aug 2020 18:43:56 -0400 |
The attached patch updates our default kernel to linux-libre 5.7.
Among other things, this will bring in-kernel WireGuard support,
multipath TCP, and USB4 (Thunderbolt).
I tested on x86_64 bare-metal and virtualized i686.
I'd like to push this as a "kernel-updates" branch and let Cuirass build
it. In the past, we always did this so that nobody had to build it
themselves. CI admins, can we do this? I don't have another way to test
for ARM platforms.
I have questions about some new features:
* Enable the compressed cache for swap pages by default? (ZSWAP_DEFAULT_ON)
Should we enable this? It seems useful and the compression algorithms
are known to be very fast. Are there any downsides?
* Enable the DMA-BUF userland memory heaps? This options creates per
heap chardevs in /dev/dma_heap/ which allows userspace to allocate
dma-bufs that can be shared between drivers. (DMABUF_HEAPS)
I don't really know what that means.
* Should USB4 (Thunderbolt) be built-in? Or a module?
0001-gnu-linux-libre-Update-to-5.7.12.patch
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