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> Am 10.04.2017 um 15:24 schrieb Michael Laß <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> Am 10.04.2017 um 14:59 schrieb Todd Lewis <[email protected]>:
>> 
>> Is there a straightforward way to figure out which pieces of
>> git://git.openafs.org/openafs.git could be used to test on Linux 4.10.x?
> 
> I guess the easiest solution is to look if there are outstanding changes for 
> a certain kernel version on gerrit.openafs.org. For Linux 4.10 there was only 
> one change which was already pushed to both master and openafs-stable-1_6_x 
> branches and will be included in OpenAFS 1.6.20.2.
> 
> I try to keep track of necessary patches for the Arch Linux openafs packages 
> because Arch users switch to new kernels very early: 
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/openafs-modules/
> Whenever a patch is required for a recently released kernel version, some 
> user will complain very soon.
> 
>> Having said all that, and having crawled around the repo with my novice level
>> git foo, I have not found anything like, "Those willing to crash and burn 
>> with
>> the latest kernels could try this, this, and that." I'm willing, but
>> insufficiently en-clued.
> 
> Such discussion typically takes place on gerrit, the mailing list or the bug 
> tracker (rt.central.org). Most of the time, openafs will just not compile 
> when kernel APIs change, so it is easy to notice. But of course sometimes 
> there may be hidden bugs with new kernels as well.
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael

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