Kernel Configuration Review
Review of the kernel configuration for Q 12.10. This will concentrate on confirming the policy for various option types as well as new options. For major new options, we will discuss and confirm the selection of each.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Started
- Approver:
- Leann Ogasawara
- Priority:
- Essential
- Drafter:
- Leann Ogasawara
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Leann Ogasawara
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for quantal
- Implementation:
-
Beta Available
- Milestone target:
-
ubuntu-12.10-beta-1
- Started by
- Leann Ogasawara
- Completed by
Related branches
Related bugs
Bug #728977: CONFIG_[NFS|AFS]_FSCACHE needs to be turned on | Fix Released |
Bug #1004535: Enable CONFIG_MEMTEST | Fix Released |
Bug #1026761: Please enable CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP | Fix Released |
Bug #1056563: Please change AHCI driver back to module in 12.10 | Fix Released |
Bug #1058022: no tidspbridge support in kernel. | Fix Released |
Whiteboard
Work Items
Work items for quantal-alpha-1:
[apw] extend the config checker to allow full specifications of exceptions: DONE
[smb] investigate CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO (=m): DONE
[jjohansen] investigate security of CONFIG_
[timg-tpi] investigate CONFIG_NET_DSA: DONE
[timg-tpi] netfilters (ipv6 are all being built): DONE
[timg-tpi] android configs are all enabled: DONE
[timg-tpi] CONFIG_
[timg-tpi] CONFIG_
[timg-tpi] CONFIG_
[timg-tpi] CONFIG_
[timg-tpi] enable CIFS CONFIG_CIFS_ACL CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE - UBUNTU: [Config] Homogenize CIFS configs across all arches: DONE
[timg-tpi] per kernel version blacklists. This will become much less of a problem when we eventually migrate to a single rolling release kernel.: DONE
[timg-tpi] turn on blacklisting of udlfb in module inittools related to CONFIG_DRM_UDL, uploaded module-
Work items for quantal-alpha-2:
[apw] commonise the highbank Q configuration with master: DONE
[apw] commonise the highbank P configuration with master: DONE
[leannogasawara] schedule follow up config review after 3.5-rc1 opens: DONE
[apw] annotate CONFIG_
[apw] annotate CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZO, CONFIG_
[apw] investigate remaining inconsistent configs (alpha pass): DONE
[apw] annotate inconsistent configs that are to remain inconsistent (alpha pass): DONE
Work items for quantal-alpha-3:
[leannogasawara] Review configs which were disabled due to build failures: DONE
[apw] convert output to a HTML table so we can use tooltips for descriptions: DONE
[apw] CONFIG_OPENVSWITCH needs to be on for openstack: DONE
[p-pisati] investigate TI_CPSW: DONE
[jk-ozlabs] investigate CONFIG_
[jk-ozlabs] investigate CONFIG_ACPI_BGRT: DONE
[jjohansen] come up with list of configs to turn on for QA during early builds and then turn off before release. May use another flavor to: POSTPONED
[apw] review common drivers (those non-h/w specific configuration items pulled out in the review page) for master: DONE
[apw] review if EFI requires FAT to be builtin (it does): DONE
[timg-tpi] review existing touch screen drivers and CONFIG_
[timg-tpi] review modprobe blacklist (all still look good): DONE
[leannogasawara] investigate remaining inconsistent configs (alpha-3 pass): DONE
[apw] annotate inconsistent configs that are to remain inconsistent (alpha-3 pass): DONE
Work items for ubuntu-
[cooloney] review common drivers (those non-h/w specific configuration items pulled out in the review page) for ARM: DONE
Work items for ubuntu-12.10:
[apw] investigate remaining inconsistent configs (beta pass): DONE
[apw] annotate inconsistent configs that are to remain inconsistent (beta pass): DONE
[apw] evaluate if ext3 can be made into a module or turned off - may require work for initrd to use ext4 for ext3: POSTPONED
Dependency tree

* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.