[linux-yocto] v4.8.x - stable updates comprising v4.8.21

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 2017-03-21 5:02 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Bruce, Yocto kernel folks:
>
> Here is yet another 4.8.x stable update.  Continuing on the previously
> released v4.8.20 kernel, we now have the appropriate content from 4.9.8
> to 4.9.11 applied on top of our latest 4.8 baseline.  Once again, I've
> combined several 4.9.x which results in about 150 backported commits.
>
> As before, I've put this 4.8.x queue through the various testing that I
> figured made sense, and then bumped the Makefile and did the signed tag
> just as per the previously released 4.8.x versions.
>
> Please find a signed v4.8.21 tag using this key:
>
> http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xEBCE84042C07D1D6
>
> in the repo in my kernel.org directory here:
>
>    https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.8.y.git/
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-4.8.y.git

Thanks Paul.

I've merged this to linux-yocto-4.8

Bruce

>
> for merge to standard/base in linux-yocto-4.8 and then out from there
> into the other base and BSP branches.
>
> For those who are interested, the evolution of the commits is here:
>
>    https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-4.8.git/
>
> This repo isn't needed for anything; it just exists for transparency and
> so people can see how the commits were adjusted to apply to the 4.8.x
> kernel baseline in case people are interested.
>
> Paul.
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