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

2019 Feb 22: [3aed52ea4ecdcbf037d547b4e395f78430571b2e net: crypto set sk to NULL when af_alg_release (CVE-2019-8912— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2019 Feb 22: [aab5223f05b8fefd8c2be5b922f4b0e98486c8ec Merge branch 'packaging'— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2019 Feb 21: [f62cec76204ae9f4b7aab031f04322a60f92c4e0 config: enable PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY (bsc#1125004)— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2019 Feb 19: [62a0a00eb21b75ec43f3d3c46f1015445318a47d rpm/klp-symbols: Remove the second column in Symbols.list— Miroslav Benesmbenes@suse.cz]
2019 Feb 18: [b094e66f416fe973a1e0ce55ca2b3fb924c432cf Update to 5.0-rc7— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]