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 May 22: [b225e5ac2182b05e65c6dc0911228be8e7c1eb22 Delete patches.suse/Revert-Bluetooth-btusb-driver-to-enable-the-usb-wake.patch (boo#1130448).— Michal Suchanekmsuchanek@suse.de]
2019 May 22: [dbeb07c86c8394083e551336a47b16a0e47c69c6 dm: make sure to obey max_io_len_target_boundary (bnc#1135868).— Jiri Slabyjslaby@suse.cz]
2019 May 20: [b33dbfc955962f68c395dd8ef8c6ef62ae4373c5 kvm: make kvm_vcpu_(un)map dependency on CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2019 May 20: [4c41263438f1aac48a41e93b6207d0d5b60bf0c3 config: refresh vanilla configs— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2019 May 20: [df183200b537721e22159e277fcf39f059c76ae5 - net: phy: rename Asix Electronics PHY driver.— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]