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

2018 Aug 15: [07db4aa0914c2ef14b1e4fefe41c1e873224ce9c Update config files.— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2018 Aug 15: [a23e15c76597dda9fb8ce3129fabf25ce6ef4c0d Linux 4.18.1-rc1— Jiri Slabyjslaby@suse.cz]
2018 Aug 14: [0425184dbcdd7a456e2aaded65f3f9cc37a61130 Update upstream reference:— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2018 Aug 14: [a0cb9f6886bd69d9b9efca2a5f2d7dc7149ece19 hv/netvsc: Fix NULL dereference at single queue mode fallback— Takashi Iwaitiwai@suse.de]
2018 Aug 13: [799dc2af6cb69813bd5443f8464c4cc36dc9ecb3 Refresh— Jiri Slabyjslaby@suse.cz]