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 Dec 17: [4731528f4fb8e9659f7b0dbab60f6b7adde30e67 Update to 4.20-rc7— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2018 Dec 11: [91eea17d178cbc55640b822ba8cf4bddcfd50eae Merge branch 'users/afaerber/master/for-next'— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2018 Dec 10: [70506502553b873ec064d8453b70d06ae0a26416 config: arm: Enable EFI support (boo#1104833)— Andreas Färberafaerber@suse.de]
2018 Dec 10: [f01387b9543a1272361ea8ba3d49a4237b72e270 config: armv7hl: Update to 4.20-rc5— Andreas Färberafaerber@suse.de]
2018 Dec 10: [c85b385bbf8c6345ac4197136b00cbcd9d7991e7 config: armv6hl: Update to 4.20-rc5— Andreas Färberafaerber@suse.de]