Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:8c0a:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id go10csp3299473pxb; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:03:10 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzuPrIT69a1OuoS7w0frb1eB8Sw/+ceQxqyxlO/2qGmAdk1U0RqtFY0xI9Y4Cykr4DtjQV2 X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:94d7:: with SMTP id d23mr1367771ejy.534.1611604990439; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:03:10 -0800 (PST) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1611604990; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=1GlW4rEKQ7hYPQqPalY85NSTErS9qddEw813EMVrLMY89dOhccokuC/3acNpBZk8Ir JlX7k4tXJwEhnRY1mrlEa6QMxlgYtp8sWU4M+nnruvm5ZUIPvIFIrtBYI32Ypu765bzy HQ6w4PgP9U4nvBqTPQ60fnXOMjXzeo9X3iSPPO/RtDYHGL+ce04UvU4ZYscGbSIq3J6p 4xCzgamIpf8FWo7nU4fq4grlWmPDry2ddcq8M1r0PH4GHxt02bqpZaRo/Kt8uuwVNquU qlq5PhTJN/GyM/tSmYl6Jj5lURx5eF9dr7WXRsR5TKY3PnKM7uq/Xb6nFjGfheF8EwjO uyrg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:content-language:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version:user-agent:date:message-id:subject:from:cc:to :dkim-signature:dkim-filter; bh=L29mAEJ6cru7ET5XOlCC3ggXmPlpoV2+85bRSMdiplg=; b=rs4vP9eGDEevpJAUbiLIIEZ92VV8vnwr/aL27nXXNvfyXypMXftktb9EAwDqTFZ93K LyVe6bqD51NqwHRfe3NNRlyOqyDR64q2ZRx3q3QC6VEfmw+ec5qPVFEvlMDjO6Ga9EZI ilvqGF+maOxaOhUA9fuEJiwRe2ht/ybaP1xhaMm5Bkh83C3ZCq//8QtPlIs3mguNUjkT OoUG6tDiFGrbP3Abi9jfG/b5hmPcwc9GwnwIR4fCmyOV7HlwmkUSHCx9RMPpyMYBtHPZ KOc3c9eHWUBeJJkFexyRp99rYfEEE8HHEM0qyeeG2+Pn/sijoZgeybsGfAQeeFnkNNlw I8sw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@broadcom.com header.s=dkimrelay header.b=S6CxXpQS; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=QUARANTINE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=broadcom.com Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id h10si6372884ejy.307.2021.01.25.12.02.23; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:03:10 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@broadcom.com header.s=dkimrelay header.b=S6CxXpQS; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=QUARANTINE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=broadcom.com Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731647AbhAYUBD (ORCPT + 99 others); Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:01:03 -0500 Received: from lpdvacalvio01.broadcom.com ([192.19.229.182]:44124 "EHLO relay.smtp-ext.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732140AbhAYT4J (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:56:09 -0500 Received: from [10.136.13.65] (lbrmn-lnxub113.ric.broadcom.net [10.136.13.65]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay.smtp-ext.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92EDF7A28; Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:55:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 relay.smtp-ext.broadcom.com 92EDF7A28 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=broadcom.com; s=dkimrelay; t=1611604512; bh=L29mAEJ6cru7ET5XOlCC3ggXmPlpoV2+85bRSMdiplg=; h=To:Cc:From:Subject:Date:From; b=S6CxXpQSvNy8NqrOhoy/h5KNBWmu6n+d5AfZtm7SiNcpfaBpv+8hUsaKekM1Ige5A d4fU+FiQThCdABltwFjGQVhHvGvip/NURoplC3beMRM1mvxtHovAjxineunZhE+dp+ DNs37mhdAgFamj6JXIaCoVwS+d1+ukFb/Mq1hve4= To: Linux ARM , LKML , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: BCM Kernel Feedback From: Scott Branden Subject: 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years? Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:55:11 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-CA Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi All, The 5.10 LTS kernel being officially LTS supported for 2 years presents a problem: why would anyone select a 5.10 kernel with 2 year LTS when 5.4 kernel has a 6 year LTS. Yet, various unofficial reports indicate it will be supported for 6 years.  And AOSP has already declared the use of 5.10 kernel in their Android S and T releases. Is there some way we could make the LTS support more clear. A 2 year declaration is not LTS any more. If 5.10 is "actually" going to be supported for 6 years it would be quite valuable to make such a declaration. https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html Regards,  Scott