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20130319 Meeting Agenda

ARM Status

R/master: worked on adding support for a new arm soc.
R/omap4: still waiting input if we can drop the omap4 dekstop image.
R/nexus7: debugged an issue about display brightness.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

The above summarizes the remaining work items owned by individuals on
our team for the rest of the 13.04 cycle.

Status: Raring Development Kernel

We have rebased Raring to the latest v3.8.3 upstream stable kernel and
uploaded. We have also started tracking the v3.9 kernel in an
unstable-3.9 branch. We have rebased that branch to v3.9-rc3 but not
yet uploaded.
Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Thurs Mar 28 – 13.04 Final Beta Freeze (~1 week)
  • Thurs Apr 04 – 13.04 Final Beta Release (~2 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

== 2013-03-19 (weekly) ==
Currently we have 69 CVEs on our radar, with 21 CVEs added and 6 CVE retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

Status for the main kernels, until tiday (Feb. 26):

• Hardy – Nothing this cycle
• Lucid – In Prep; (2 commits)
• Oneiric – In Prep; 4 upstream releases; (100 commits)
• Precise – In Prep; 1 upstream releases; (150 commits)
• Quantal – In Prep; 1 upstream releases; (164 commits)
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

  Note: This is the week the last Hardy and Oneiric kernels may be built.

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ARM Status

R/master: nothing new this week.
R/omap4: verified that pvr-omap4 doesn’t work with our multiplatform 3.8 kernel,
i’m waiting input if we can drop the omap4 dekstop image.
R/nexus7: ported overlayfs from P (lp1076317) – awaiting testing from a
brave soul since my nexus7 is borked ATM (lp1126836).

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

The above summarizes the remaining work items owned by individuals on
our team for the rest of the 13.04 cycle.

Status: Raring Development Kernel

Since our last meeting 2 weeks ago, we have rebased to the latest v3.8.2
upstream stable kernel. We’ve also added Haswell ULT NFC, I2C, SPI, and
SATA RTD3 support, USB3 port power off capability, prime support for
nouveau and radeon, and other misc config updates and bug fixes.
Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Thurs Mar 21 – 13.04 Final Beta Freeze (~2 weeks)
  • Thurs Mar 28 – 13.04 Final Beta Release (~3 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

== 2013-03-12 (weekly) ==
Currently we have 46 CVEs on our radar, with 10 CVEs added and 1 CVE retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

Status for the main kernels, until tiday (Feb. 26):

• Hardy – Nothing this cycle
• Lucid – In Prep; (2 commits)
• Oneiric – In Prep; 4 upstream releases; (68 commits)
• Precise – In Prep; 2 upstream releases; (197 commits)
• Quantal – In Prep; 2 upstream releases; (175 commits)
  Due to a regression, the Quantal kernel and it’s derivatives have been
  respun.
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

  (bjf> >)
  (bjf> >) Note: The week of March 21 is the week the last Hardy and Oneiric kernels may be built.
  (bjf> >)

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Welcome back to the Kernel team, kamal!

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ARM Status

R/master: upstream landed a patch for the ipv6 stack alignment problem – waiting
for it to enter linux-next or stable before picking it up.
Trying to make the binary pvr omap4 module to work with the
upstream kernel (but so far no success).

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

The above summarizes the remaining work items owned by individuals on
our team for the rest of the cycle.

Status: Raring Development Kernel

We have recently uploaded the 3.8.0-7.16 Raring kernel. This upload
contains a fix for CVE-2013-1763 and config updates following a full
v3.8 config review.
Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Thurs Mar 07 – 13.04 Feature Freeze (~1 week)
  • Thurs Mar 21 – 13.04 Beta Freeze (~3 weeks)
  • Thurs Mar 28 – 13.04 Beta Release (~4 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

== 2013-02-26 (weekly) ==
Currently we have 36 CVEs on our radar, with 6 CVEs added and 5 CVEs retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

Status for the main kernels, until tiday (Feb. 26):

• Hardy – Nothing this cycle
• Lucid – In Prep; (2 commits)
• Oneiric – In Prep; 4 upstream releases; (68 commits)
• Precise – In Prep; 2 upstream releases; (197 commits)
• Quantal – In Prep; 2 upstream releases; (175 commits)

  Due to an high priority CVE, all the stable kernels are being respined this week.
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

  Note: The week of March 28 is the week the last Hardy and Oneiric kernels may be built.

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ARM Status

nothing new to report this week

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

The above summarizes the remaining work items owned by individuals on
our team for the rest of the 13.04 cycle.

Status: Raring Development Kernel

We have rebased the Raring kernel to the final upstream v3.8 release and
uploaded. We also made a few misc config changes and added some i915
fixes.
Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Thurs Mar 07 – 13.04 Feature Freeze
  • Thurs Mar 21 – 13.04 Beta Freeze
  • Thurs Mar 28 – 13.04 Beta Release

Status: CVE’s

Currently we have 30 CVEs on our radar, with 2 CVEs added and 3 CVEs retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

Due to an high priority CVE, all the stable kernels are being respined this week.
Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

  Note: The week of March 28 is the week the last Hardy and Oneiric kernels will be built.

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ARM Status

R/master: still working on last week’s “BUG: scheduling while atomic” bug in
the ipv6 stack – nothing new to report.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

Status: Raring Development Kernel

We have rebased the Raring kernel to the latest v3.8-rc7 upstream
kernel and uploaded. Perf has also been re-enabled with the latest
upload.
Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Mon Feb 18 – 13.04 Month 4 Milestone (~1 week)
• Precise:
  • Thu Feb 14 – 12.04.2 Release (2 days)

Status: CVE’s

Currently we have 29 CVEs on our radar, with 1 CVE added and 3 CVEs retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (February 12):

• Hardy – Nothing in this cycle
• Lucid – In Testing; 1 CVE; (2 commits)
• Oneiric – In Verification; 3 CVEs; 4 upstream stable release(s); (154 commits)
• Precise – In Verification; 0 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (222 commits)
• Quantal – In Verification; 0 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (375 commits)
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

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ARM Status

R/master: work continues on the arm multiplatform kernel – right now i’m
tracking down a “BUG: scheduling while atomic” (actually an alignment problem -
how conform
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1613275/) that only happens on omap4, seems to be ipv6
related and seems to be triggered by our articulated kernel configuration.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

We were able to clean up quite a few work items last week and are now
well below the trend line for our overall burn down chart. Thanks to
everyone who closed out items.

Status: Raring Development Kernel

We have rebased the Raring kernel to the latest v3.8-rc6 upstream
kernel and uploaded. We’ve also pulled our first set of patches for arm
multiplatform support \o/.
Also just a small reminder, the 12.04.2 point release is nearing. If
anyone has free cycles and is able to test, please do so.
Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Mon Feb 18 – 13.04 Month 4 Milestone (~2 weeks)
• Precise:
  • Thu Feb 14 – 12.04.2 Release (~1 week)

Status: CVE’s

Currently we have 32 CVEs on our radar, with 3 CVEs added and 4 CVE retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (February 05):

• Hardy – Nothing in this cycle
• Lucid – Nothing in this cycle
• Oneiric – In Preparation; 3 CVEs; 4 upstream stable release(s); (154 commits)
• Precise – In Preparation; 0 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (222 commits)
• Quantal – In Preparation; 0 CVEs; 2 upstream stable release(s); (368 commits)
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

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ARM Status

R/master: first batch of arm multiplatfom patches with support for omap3/4 and
imx6 was sent to the ml, awaiting comments.
In the mean time, i’m tracking down the SATA imx6 regression in 3.8.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

I’ve been trying to clean house with our work items and drop us blow the
trend line. If anyone has items which they can close or postpone,
please do so. Thanks.

Status: Raring Development Kernel

We have rebased the Raring kernel to the latest v3.8-rc5 upstream
kernel. I’ll plan to upload before EOD tomorrow.
Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Mon Feb 18 – 13.04 Month 4 Milestone (~3 weeks)
• Precise:
  • Thu Feb 14 – 12.04.2 Release (~2 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

Currently we have 34 CVEs on our radar, with 0 CVEs added and 2 CVE retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

We’re skipping a kernel SRU cadence to allow for an additional 3 weeks of testing for the kernel that will ship with the 12.04.2 point release.
However, due to regressions, we currently have new Precise, Quantal and lts-Quantal kernels in Testing.
Next week the regular SRU cycles will restart.
Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

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Thanks everyone

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ARM Status

R/master: still working on multiplatform, USB finally works for omap and imx, i’m getting close to a first release

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

Status: Raring Development Kernel

We have rebased the Raring kernel to the latest v3.8-rc4 upstream
kernel and uploaded last week. Please test and let us know your
results.
Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Mon Feb 18 – 13.04 Month 4 Milestone (~4 weeks)
• Precise:
  • Thu Feb 14 – 12.04.2 Release (~3 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

Currently we have 35 CVEs on our radar, with 1 CVE added and 1 CVE retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  The backlog hasn’t change this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

As noted last week, we’re skipping a kernel SRU cadence to allow for an additional 3 weeks of testing for the kernel that will ship with the 12.04.2 point release.
Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

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trijntje requested a review of bug 1075876.

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ARM Status

R/master: still working on multiplatform support: omap3/4 boots, i’m working on adding imx6 support now

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

Status: Raring Development Kernel

We have rebased the Raring kernel to the latest v3.8-rc3 upstream
kernel and uploaded last week. Please test and let us know your
results.
I also want to note that the 12.04.2 point release date has been moved
out by 2 weeks to Thurs Feb 14:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2013-January/001003.html

Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Fri Jan 18 – 13.04 Month 3 Milestone (3 days)
  • Mon Feb 18 – 13.04 Month 4 Milestone (~5 weeks)
• Precise:
  • Thu Feb 14 – 12.04.2 Release (~4 weeks)

Status: CVE’s

Currently we have 34 CVEs on our radar, with 0 CVEs added and 3 CVEs retired this week.
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (January 08):

• Hardy – Nothing in this cycle
• Lucid – In -updates; 1 CVE; (2 commits)
• Oneiric – In -updates; 2 CVEs; 4 upstream stable release(s); (78 commits)
• Precise – In Testing; 3 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (104 commits)
• Quantal – In Testing; 3 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (254 commits)
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

  The kernel SRU cadence cycle that was to start this week has been canceled. The kernels in -proposed will be used for the 12.04.2 release.

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ARM Status

R/master: working on multiplatform (and dtb) support, but except for that, nothing to report this week.

Release Metrics and Incoming Bugs

Release metrics and incoming bug data can be reviewed at the following link:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kt-meeting.txt

Milestone Targeted Work Items

Status: Raring Development Kernel

We have rebased the Raring kernel to the latest v3.8-rc2 upstream
kernel. We have held off on uploading until we have resolved some DKMS
package build failures. Everyone should also review the
ubuntu-raring/dropped.txt file to review anything that may have
inadvertantly gone missing after the rebase.
Important upcoming dates:

• Raring:
  • Fri Jan 18 – 13.04 Month 3 Milestone (1 week)
  • Mon Feb 18 – 13.04 Month 4 Milestone (~6 weeks)
• Precise:
  • Thu Jan 10 – 12.04.2 Kernel Freeze (~2 days)
  • Thu Feb 14 – 12.04.2 Release (~5 weeks)
    We should have the last DKMS issues fixed tomorrow.
    We may have -rc3 by then as well.
    …

Status: CVE’s

Currently we have 33 CVEs on our radar, with 4 CVE added and 2 CVEs retired since last meeting (11th Dec).
See the CVE matrix for the current list:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/ALL-linux.html

  Overall the backlog has decreased slightly this week:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/status/cve-metrics.txt

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/cve/pkg/CVE-linux.txt

Status: Stable, Security, and Bugfix Kernel Updates – Quantal/Precise/Oneiric/Lucid/Hardy

Here is the status for the main kernels, until today (January 08):

• Hardy – Nothing in this cycle
• Lucid – In Testing; 1 CVE; (2 commits)
• Oneiric – In Verification; 2 CVEs; 4 upstream stable release(s); (78 commits)
• Precise – In Verification; 3 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (104 commits)
• Quantal – In Verification; 3 CVEs; 1 upstream stable release(s); (254 commits)
  Current opened tracking bugs details:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html

  For SRUs, SRU report is a good source of information:

• http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/sru-report.html

  Future stable cadence cycles:

• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseInterlock

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