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on 20 September 2017

Kernel Team Summary – September 20, 2017


September 13 through September 18

Development (Artful / 17.10)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseSchedule

Important upcoming dates:

      Final Beta - Sept 28 (~1 week away)
      Kernel Freeze - Oct 5 (~2 weeks away)
      Final Freeze - Oct 12 (~3 weeks away)
      Ubuntu 17.10 - Oct 19 (~4 weeks away)
   

We intend to target a 4.13 kernel for the Ubuntu 17.10 release. A 4.13.1 based kernel is available for testing from the artful-proposed pocket of the Ubuntu archive. As a reminder, the Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Freeze is Thurs Oct 5, 2017.

Stable (Released & Supported)

  • All kernels have been re-spun to include a fix for high priority CVE-2017-1000251.

  • SRU cycle completed successfully and the following kernel updates have been released:

      trusty             3.13.0-132.181
      trusty/lts-xenial  4.4.0-96.119~14.04.1
      xenial             4.4.0-96.119
      xenial/snapdargon  4.4.0-1076.81
      xenial/raspi2      4.4.0-1074.82
      xenial/aws         4.4.0-1035.44
      xenial/gke         4.4.0-1031.31
      xenial/gcp         4.10.0-1006.6
      zesty              4.10.0-35.39
      zesty/raspi2       4.10.0-1018.21
    
    • The following kernel snap updates have been released in the snap store:
      gke-kernel          4.4.0.1031.32
      aws-kernel          4.4.0.1035.37
      dragonboard-kernel  4.4.0.1076.68
      pi2-kernel          4.4.0.1074.74
      pc-kernel           4.4.0.96.101
      
  • Current cycle: 15-Sep through 07-Oct

               15-Sep  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
      18-Sep - 23-Sep  Kernel prep week.
      24-Sep - 06-Oct  Bug verification & Regression testing.
               09-Oct  Release to -updates.
    
  • Next cycle: 06-Oct through 28-Oct

    
    
    
           06-Oct  Last day for kernel commits for this cycle.
    

    09-Oct - 14-Oct Kernel prep week.
    15-Oct - 27-Oct Bug verification & Regression testing.
    30-Oct Release to -updates.

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