[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/2] package/linux-backports: bump version to 5.8

Julien Olivain ju.o at free.fr
Fri Nov 13 11:56:52 UTC 2020


Hi Johannes, All,

On 13/11/2020 08:18, Berg, Johannes wrote:
>> Unless using mac80211, which require v3.10 current backports still 
>> support
>> kernel v3.0 right?
> 
> Not really. While we haven't actively _removed_ things, we no longer 
> test them.
> 
> In any case, backports basically only supports WiFi these days anyway,
> so what would the point be?

In that case, I will send an updated patch that will raise the minimal 
kernel
version requirement to 3.10.

Thanks!

Julien.



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