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.

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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

2017 Jul 21: [40a86960d573ad6862167d548f290509c328ea2b Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/users/mmarek/master/for-next'— Jeff Mahoneyjeffm@suse.com]
2017 Jul 19: [6d478371de1f707f372235e4a67f619696f68a18 Merge branch 'packaging'— Michal Marekmmarek@suse.cz]
2017 Jul 19: [f622d60b69b047a70b16ca24b99d1f392775e6ea rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: find-debuginfo.sh should not touch build-id— Michal Marekmmarek@suse.cz]
2017 Jul 18: [1d72b01d29a3cfd00c9bb39d3071e711356e938b config: armv7hl: Update to v4.13-rc1— Andreas Färberafaerber@suse.de]
2017 Jul 18: [9c198f252e771ad08c23e3b334174f250ebb77de Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/users/afaerber/master/for-next'— Jeff Mahoneyjeffm@suse.com]