Portal:Kernel

Welcome to the Kernel Portal edit

The Linux Kernel is the central component of a Linux operating system like openSUSE. A Kernel manages hardware resources like CPU, memory and hard disks and provides abstractions that provide applications with a consistent view of these resources. Also, the Kernel provides drivers for devices attached to various system buses like USB, PCI, SATA and IDE. For a complete overview of Operating System Kernels see the Wikipedia article.

Topics edit

Community

Linux Mainline

On a regular basis a "kernel.org Kernel" (or mainline) is released with a name like "Linux 2.6.32". These Kernels are developed by a community of developers and maintained by Linus Torvalds. For more information about this take a look at http://kernel.org.

openSUSE Kernel

At the beginning of a openSUSE development cycle the Kernel team takes a released "kernel.org Kernel" and adds a number of patches to increase stability and introduce new features. These patches are kept to a minimum and most all will eventually make it into the kernel.org Kernel. This Kernel is maintained in the Kernel git repository.

Contribute

The easiest way to contribute to the openSUSE Kernel is to submit a bugreport.
Or you code with us and submit patches to our git repository.

Communicate

#opensuse-kernel on the freenode IRC network is the channel that the Kernel team uses for live chat.
opensuse-kernel@opensuse.org - The openSUSE Kernel team has its own mailing list.
Subscribe - Unsubscribe - Help - Archives
kernel.opensuse.org - The openSUSE Kernel resources site.

kernel-source commits (news) edit

2019 Aug 23: [df791c5a9e27c04e56150b6257162afeb2de98d6 Merge branch 'packaging'— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2019 Aug 23: [16f681684447be904591435ab799c46638bdcea8 Pull packaging cleanup from mkubecek.— Michal Suchanekmsuchanek@suse.de]
2019 Aug 23: [e001776267dfdddd9611fda1583a6758e8993b9a rpm/config.sh: Enable livepatch.— Michal Suchanekmsuchanek@suse.de]
2019 Aug 23: [e6873afe4c23a70d7e9734313c6293e6b1c2af96 Merge branch 'packaging'— Michal Suchanekmsuchanek@suse.de]
2019 Aug 23: [36acf914e59f212a18a8dacf9bbcff4e6b065cfa rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Fix kernel-livepatch description typo.— Michal Suchanekmsuchanek@suse.de]