Editing CSSU kernel assess

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Learn more about Contributing to the wiki.

Purpose of this page and table is to evaluate the risk and thus decide about fitness for CSSU kernel, of all patches available from latest KP

Changes:
 2012-11-03 - [freemangordon] Initial draft 
 2012-11-03 - [Joerg_rw] major restructuring to sortable true table, 
                         added coloumns .ko (means only kernel module domain) and 
                         zImg (means massive impact and risk due to edits in kernel core)  
 2012-11-03 - [Pali] added info about Nokia patches and patches disabled in KP
 2013-01-24 - [Pali] updated patches list to match kp52 version
 2013-02-02 - [Pali] updated info about patches

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! ''' .ko ''' || '''  zImg  ''' || Patch !! Impact !! Notes [please_enlarge_this_col_thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat_much] !! Include in CSSU

|-
 
|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||0001-mtd-fix-a-huge-latency-problem-in-the-MTD-CFI-flash-.diff 
|| 
|| This patch caused problems in kernel-power, it was disabled
|| '''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||0002-mtd-change-struct-flchip_shared-spinlock-locking-int.diff
||
|| This patch caused problems in kernel-power, it was disabled
|| '''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||2.6.28-omap1.diff 		
||
||This patch is part of Nokia stock kernel
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||2.6.28.10.diff 		
||
|| This is upstream patch which update kernel from 2.6.28.0 to 2.6.28.10 (last 2.6.28 version) ***NOTE*** fix Makefile and remove .10 suffix to not change the version
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|'''Y'''
||
||adding-ramzswap-driver.diff 		
||None, kernel module
||
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||anti-io-stalling.diff 		
||
|| No known side effects/regressions
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:yellow;"
|
||
||ARM_6066_1_Fix_BUG_scheduling_while_atomic_swapper_0_0x00000002.diff 		
||
|| We need info from Luke-Jr why ans if this patch is really needed
||

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
|| '''Y'''
||armthumb.diff 		
||Could slowdown the system
|| Needed to workaround ARM errata 430973
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
| '''Y'''
||
||block2mtd-yoush.diff 		
|| 
|| 
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||bluetooth-fix-potential-bad-memory-access-with-sysfs-files.diff 		
|| CVS fix
|| This is an upstream fix
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||bluetooth_scheduling_while_atomic_bug_fix.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||bq24150-sniff.diff 		
|| 
|| This patch is for debugging only and is disabled in kernel-power
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||bq2415x_charger.patch 		
|| 
||bq2415x_charger driver
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||bq2415x_kconfig.patch 		
|| 
||bq2415x_charger driver
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||bq2415x_rx51.patch 		
|| 
||bq2415x_charger driver
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||bq27x00-fix-nac.diff
|| 
||bq27x00_battery driver
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||bq27x00-maemo.diff 		
|| 
||bq27x00_battery driver 
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||bq27x00-rx51-board.diff 		
|| 
||bq27x00_battery driver
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||bq27x00-sysfs-registers.diff 		
|| 
||bq27x00_battery driver
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||bq27x00-upstream.diff 		
|| 
||bq27x00_battery driver
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||bt-mice.diff 		
|| 
|| Needed for some HID devices to work properly
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||class10sd_dto14_fix.diff 		
|| Backported from upstream
|| Needed for some uSD cards to work
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||clear_the_it_state_when_invoking_a_thumb_2_signal_handler.diff 		
|| backported from upstream
|| needed for thumb userspace binaries
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|'''Y'''
||
||dm-loop.diff 		
|| 
|| device-mapper loop target
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||dspbridge.diff 		
|| 
|| *** Once the kernel is in the wild, check for DSP behavior regression reports caused by that one ***
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||enable_smartreflex.diff
|| 
|| OC patches break powertop
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||ext4-data-corruption.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||fmtx.unlock.diff 		
|| Reverts Nokia locked fmtx power level
|| This patch is obsolated by radio-si4713.diff and disabled in kernel-power
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||gentoo-fsfixes.diff 		
|| 
|| EXT4 fs fixes
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||gethercharge.diff 		
|| 
|| Needed to enable charging when device connected over USB network
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||i2c-battery.diff 		
|| 
|| !!!THIS PATCH IS DANGEROUS!!! It is disabled in kernel-power
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||iphb-matan.diff 		
|| 
|| https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8715
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|'''Y'''
||
||joikuspot.diff 		
|| 
||joikuspot kernel module
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||kexec.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||kstrtol.diff
|| 
||Needed for bq2415x_charger
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||l2cap_parent.diff 		
|| 
|| Fix possible kernel NULL pointer dereference in l2cap_conn_start
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||led_dbrightness.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||mac80211_fix_allocation_in_mesh_queue_preq.diff 		
|| 
|| We allocate a PREQ queue node in mesh_queue_preq, however the allocation may cause us to sleep.  Use GFP_ATOMIC to prevent this.
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||minstrel-aziwoqpa.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||mmcnames-fanoush.diff 		
|| 
||Fixing mmc device order before udev is started. Fanoush bootmenu 
||'''Y'''

|-
|
||
||musb_core_revert_20103103+0m5.diff
|| 
||Needed for usb host mode
||

|-
|
||'''Y'''
||musb_sysfs_hostdevice.diff 		
|| 
||Needed for usbmode.sh
||

|-
|
||
||musb_sysfs_notify.diff 		
|| 
||Report usb mode to HAL, needed for automounting usb disks in usb host mode
||

|-
|
||
||nilfs2-2.0.18.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||nokia-20091602+0m5.diff
|| 
||This patch is part of Nokia stock kernel
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||nokia-20093908+0m5.diff 		
|| 
||This patch is part of Nokia stock kernel
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||nokia-20094102.3+0m5.diff 		
|| 
||This patch is part of Nokia stock kernel
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||nokia-20094102.6+0m5.diff 		
|| 
||This patch is part of Nokia stock kernel
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||nokia-20094803.3+0m5.diff 		
|| 
||This patch is part of Nokia stock kernel
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||nokia-20100903+0m5.diff 		
|| 
||This patch is part of Nokia stock kernel
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||nokia-20101501+0m5.diff 		
|| 
||This patch is part of Nokia stock kernel
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||nokia-20103103+0m5.diff 		
|| 
||This patch is part of Nokia stock kernel
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||ondemand-avoid.diff 		
|| 
|| OC patches break powertop
||'''N'''

|-
|
||
||option_disable_indicator_led.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||overclock.diff 		
|| 
|| OC patches break powertop
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||overclock_smartreflex_900.diff 		
|| 
|| OC patches break powertop
||'''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||patch_swap_notify_core_support_2.6.28.diff 		
|| 
||Needed by ramzswap module
||'''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||patch_swap_notify_core_support_2_2.6.28.diff 		
|| 
||Needed by ramzswap module
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||phys_to_page.diff 		
|| 
||This patch is needed by DSP driver
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||power-supply-ignore-enodata.diff 		
|| 
||Needed for bq27x00_battery
|| '''N'''

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||power-supply-no-verbose.diff 		
|| 
|| 
|| '''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||ppp_async_matan.diff 		
|| 
|| 
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
|| '''Y'''
||radio-bcm2048.diff 		
|| 
|| Add support for interrupt driven rds data reading
||

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
| 
|| '''Y'''
||radio-si4713.diff 		
|| 
|| This patch modify default power level to 120 and add ability to unlock power level (new version of patch fmtx.unlock.diff)
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||rx51_add_secure_ppa_api.diff 		
|| Needed to workaround ARM errata 430973
|| 
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||rx51_arm_errata_430973.diff 		
|| Needed to workaround ARM errata 430973
|| 
|| '''Y'''

|-
|
||
||rx51_defconfig.diff 		
|| 
|| Disable bqXXX drivers !!!
||

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||shutdown-reboot-patch.diff 		
|| Fixes an issue in hostmode - device reboots instead of shutdown
|| 
|| '''Y'''

|-
|
||
||squashfs.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||

|- style="background-color:red;"
|
||
||Support-for-tlv320aic3x-codec-highpass-filter-needed.diff 		
|| 
|| This patch is incomplete and unfinfished yet, it is disabled in kernel-power
|| '''N'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||support-non-page-aligned-buffers-in-iommu_vmap.diff 		
|| Backported from upstream
|| Allows DMA to framebuffer memory from camera (for example)
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||tif_restore_sigmask-syscalls-arm.patch 		
|| Implements ppoll/pselect in kernel
|| Needed to fix libc ppoll/pselect bug
|| '''Y'''

|-
|
||
||trig-keyb.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
| '''Y'''
||
||twl-scrollock.diff 		
|| 
|| This allows LEDs to be used as keyboard indication leds.
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||udf-use-hw-sector-size.diff
|| 
||UDF filesystem fix from upstream, needed for mounting SD card & usb disks with UDF filesystem
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
| '''Y'''
||
||unionfs-2.5.3.diff 		
|| 
|| unionfs support
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||update_mmu_cache_arm.diff 		
|| Backported from upstream
|| Needed by ramzswap kernel module
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||USB-fix-kernel-oops-with-g_ether-and-windows.diff 		
|| Backported from upstream
|| Fixes a bug (kernel oops)when USB networking is enabled 
|| '''Y'''

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||USB-g_serial-don-t-set-low_latency-flag.diff 		
|| Backported from upstream
|| g_serial: don't set low_latency flag
|| '''Y'''

|-
|
||
||usbhostmode.diff 		
|| 
||usb host mode support
||

|-
|
||
||usbip.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||

|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
|
||
||videobuf-dma-sg-support-non-pagable-user-memory.diff 		
|| Backported from upstream
|| Allows camera preview/capture to go directly to video FB (no memcpy)
|| '''Y'''

|-
|
||
||wl1251-monitor-mode.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||

|-
|
||
||wl12xx-rx-fix.diff 		
|| 
|| 
||

|-
|
||
||wl12xx_rohar.diff
|| 
|| 
||

|-
|}

Please note that all contributions to maemo.org wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see maemo.org wiki:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

Summary:

Cancel | Editing help (opens in new window)

Templates used on this page:

Template:Ambox (view source) (semi-protected)
Template:Scroll down (edit)

Retrieved from "http://wiki.maemo.org/CSSU_kernel_assess"

Personal tools

Navigation

Views

Editing CSSU kernel assess

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 -01-24 - [Pali] updated patches list to match kp52 version
 -02-02 - [Pali] updated info about patches
--08-03 - [freemangordon] more patches assessed
-                              add underscores around impact in an attempt to make table look better
--08-11 - [Pali] updated info about patches
--10-12 - [Pali] disabled usb host mode patches, updated colors
--10-23 - [Pali] added kp53 patches
--10-28 - [freemangordon] overclock patches enabled, powertop issue is going to be fixed soon (in powertop)
--10-28 - [Pali] added other kp53 patches and missing rx51-battery patch, updated info
-bq drivers are disabled because are experimental and not working with bme
-usb host mode patches are disabled because using bq drivers
-TODO: Need to fix modules.postrm and modules.postinst scripts which chaning /sbin/preinit and /etc/modprobe.d/bridgedriver
 <!--Note to future editors: Please leave these extra blank lines in place at the beginning of the page in order to prevent the oversized table from covering up and preventing the use of the wiki menu on the right side of the page-->
@@ Line 63: / Line 50: @@
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
-! ''' .ko ''' || '''  zImg  ''' || Patch !! _____Impact_____ !! Notes [please_enlarge_this_col_thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat_much] !! Include in CSSU
+! ''' .ko ''' || '''  zImg  ''' || Patch !! Impact !! Notes [please_enlarge_this_col_thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat_much] !! Include in CSSU
 <!--
@@ Line 102: / Line 89: @@
-|- style="background-color:yellow;"
+|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
 |
 ||
@@ Line 142: / Line 129: @@
 || Needed to workaround ARM errata 430973
 || '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:red"
-|
-||
-||asix-ethernet.patch
-||
-|| adding new usb ids for new usb hw - not needed when usb host mode is disabled
-|| '''N'''
 |- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
@@ Line 278: / Line 257: @@
 || device-mapper loop target
 ||'''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:red;"
-|
-||
-||dm9601-ethernet.patch
-||
-|| adding new usb ids for new usb hw - not needed when usb host mode is disabled
-||'''N'''
 |- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
@@ Line 295: / Line 266: @@
 ||'''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|- style="background-color:red;"
 |
 ||
@@ Line 301: / Line 272: @@
 ||
 || OC patches break powertop
-||'''Y'''
+||'''N'''
 |- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
@@ Line 415: / Line 386: @@
 ||'''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:red;"
+|-
 |
 ||
@@ Line 421: / Line 392: @@
 ||
 ||Needed for usb host mode
-|| '''N'''
-|- style="background-color:yellow;"
-|
-||
-||musb_suspend_and_fixes.diff
-||
-|| Fix suspend to memory problems - computer USB port now is able to be detected and charge after resume - Patch will be in kp53, so **** TESTING IS NEEDED ****
 ||
-|- style="background-color:red;"
+|-
 |
 ||'''Y'''
@@ Line 437: / Line 400: @@
 ||
 ||Needed for usbmode.sh
-|| '''N'''
+||
-|- style="background-color:red;"
+|-
 |
 ||
@@ Line 445: / Line 408: @@
 ||
 ||Report usb mode to HAL, needed for automounting usb disks in usb host mode
-|| '''N'''
+||
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|-
 |
 ||
 ||nilfs2-2.0.18.diff
 ||
-|| Patch contains additional filesystem module
+||
-|| '''Y'''
+||
 |- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
@@ Line 519: / Line 482: @@
 ||'''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:yellow;"
+|- style="background-color:red;"
-|
-||
-||nokia-av_key.patch
-||
-||Reporting headset button press event immediately as new key KEY_PROG1 (but sometimes also when button is not presses). Driver normally report event as KEY_PHONE but after 1-2 sec delay. Existing applications should not be broken because KEY_PROG1 is not used in maemo and application needs to wait for key "prog1" HAL event. Patch will be in kp53, so **** TESTING IS NEEDED ****
-||
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
 |
 ||
 ||ondemand-avoid.diff
 ||
-||
+|| OC patches break powertop
-||'''Y'''
+||'''N'''
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|-
 |
 ||
 ||option_disable_indicator_led.diff
 ||
-|| This patch adding suport to disable back camera led via sysfs
+||
-|| '''Y'''
+||
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|- style="background-color:red;"
 |
 ||
 ||overclock.diff
 ||
-||
+|| OC patches break powertop
-||'''Y'''
+||'''N'''
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|- style="background-color:red;"
 |
 ||
 ||overclock_smartreflex_900.diff
 ||
-||
+|| OC patches break powertop
-||'''Y'''
+||'''N'''
 |- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
@@ Line 596: / Line 551: @@
 ||power-supply-no-verbose.diff
 ||
-|| Needed for bq drivers
+||
 || '''N'''
@@ Line 622: / Line 577: @@
 || This patch modify default power level to 120 and add ability to unlock power level (new version of patch fmtx.unlock.diff)
 || '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:yellow;"
-|
-||
-||resume_no_time_warn.diff
-||
-|| Disable WARN_ON in getnstimeofday when timing system suspended - Patch will be in kp53, so **** TESTING IS NEEDED ****
-||
-|- style="background-color:yellow;"
-|
-||
-||resume_use_rtc_clock.diff
-||
-|| Advance system clock after resume using RTC time - Patch will be in kp53, so **** TESTING IS NEEDED ****
-||
 |- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
@@ Line 655: / Line 594: @@
 || '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|-
 |
 ||
-||rx51_battery_board.patch
+||rx51_defconfig.diff
 ||
-|| Battery ADC temperature driver
+|| Disable bqXXX drivers !!!
-|| '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:yellow;"
-|
-||
-||rx51_battery_kconfig.patch
 ||
-|| Battery ADC temperature driver. Patch needs to be modfied to apply without bq patches!
-|| '''Y'''
 |- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
 |
 ||
-||rx51_battery.patch
+||shutdown-reboot-patch.diff
+|| Fixes an issue in hostmode - device reboots instead of shutdown
 ||
-|| Battery ADC temperature driver
 || '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:yellow;"
+|-
 |
 ||
-||rx51_defconfig.diff
+||squashfs.diff
+||
 ||
-|| Disable usb host mode drivers !!!
-|| '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:yellow;"
-|
-||
-||shutdown-reboot-patch.diff
-|| Fixes an issue in hostmode - device reboots instead of shutdown
-|| Note - only the part that fixes pm.c is applicable, as USB hostmode is disabled
-|| '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
-| '''Y'''
-||
-||squashfs.diff
 ||
-|| Squashed file system support
-|| '''Y'''
 |- style="background-color:red;"
@@ Line 727: / Line 642: @@
 || '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:red;"
+|-
 |
-|| '''Y'''
+||
 ||trig-keyb.diff
 ||
-|| This allows LEDs to be used as keyboard indication leds. Code is not used, enable in future if needed.
+||
-|| '''N'''
+||
-|- style="background-color:red;"
+|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
-|
+| '''Y'''
-||'''Y'''
+||
 ||twl-scrollock.diff
 ||
-|| This allows LEDs to be used as keyboard indication leds. Code is not used, enable in future if needed.
+|| This allows LEDs to be used as keyboard indication leds.
-|| '''N'''
+|| '''Y'''
 |- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
@@ Line 783: / Line 698: @@
 || '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:red;"
+|-
 |
 ||
@@ Line 789: / Line 704: @@
 ||
 ||usb host mode support
-|| '''N'''
+||
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|-
-| '''Y'''
+|
 ||
 ||usbip.diff
 ||
-|| USB IP support (EXPERIMENTAL)
+||
-|| '''Y'''
+||
 |- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
@@ Line 807: / Line 722: @@
 || '''Y'''
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|-
 |
 ||
 ||wl1251-monitor-mode.diff
 ||
-|| Adding support for monitor mode
+||
-|| '''Y'''
+||
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|-
 |
 ||
 ||wl12xx-rx-fix.diff
 ||
-|| This fixing IPv6 support in wifi driver, see https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=6784&group_id=1528&atid=5521
+||
-|| '''Y'''
+||
-|- style="background-color:#A0E75A;"
+|-
 |
 ||
 ||wl12xx_rohar.diff
 ||
-|| Fixing wifi driver support for userspace "iw" program (new replacement for iwconfig/iwlist)
+||
-|| '''Y'''
+||
 |-
 |}