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 Jul 14: [09bdbaf452312e68af024c953632352e5e1abb71 Merge branch 'users/mvedovati/master/for-next'— Michal Kubecekmkubecek@suse.cz]
2019 Jul 14: [51ca50031af1b47d0d8ded1d468db14e0f63dddc Linux 5.2.1 (bnc#1012628).— Jiri Slabyjslaby@suse.cz]
2019 Jul 14: [2b386099097f5c298966092e43e940b5122e76e6 staging: rtl8712: reduce stack usage, again (bnc#1012628).— Jiri Slabyjslaby@suse.cz]
2019 Jul 14: [284325edb1fda5a0466aeb50bf745be0563f7bce staging: bcm2835-camera: Handle empty EOS buffers whilst— Jiri Slabyjslaby@suse.cz]
2019 Jul 14: [53226f8132ab27d1093d24e48b314b44ce28bb09 staging: bcm2835-camera: Remove check of the number of buffers— Jiri Slabyjslaby@suse.cz]