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June 26-30, 2023
Prague, Czech Republic + Virtual
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Friday, June 30 • 11:00 - 11:40
The End of the Paved Road: Maintaining Linux Kernel 4.4 Beyond LTS - Ulrich Hecht

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They said it's pointless. They said it can't be done. Here's how the Civil Infrastructure Platform is doing it. And why. In its mission to provide a software base for industrial and civil infrastructure projects, the Linux Foundation's Civil Infrastructure Platform project (CIP) is committed to maintaining their Super Long Term Support (SLTS) kernels in both their regular and real-time versions for a minimum of ten years from the time of release. When a kernel is brand-new that is a rather straightforward task. For several years much of the work is done by the Linux stable kernel maintainers as they provide maintenance for Long Term Support (LTS) kernels. But there inevitably comes a time for any kernel version at which it is discontinued. That is the time the CIP kernel maintainers have to get out of the back seat and take the wheel, because giving up is not an option. That time is now. The retirement of LTS kernel 4.4 marks the first time in the CIP project's existence that their kernel maintainers have to go it alone. Ulrich Hecht, current maintainer of the SLTS 4.4 kernel, will tell you how the CIP project intends to keep 4.4 (and its future SLTS kernels) alive for as long as it takes.

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Ulrich Hecht

Kernel maintainer at the CIP project, consultant
Linux professional since 1998, Linux kernel developer for embedded systems since 2013.



Friday June 30, 2023 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
South Hall 3C (Level 3)
  Embedded Linux Conference (ELC)
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