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@@ -3,15 +3,21 @@ KERNEL SOURCE:
 
 We currently use the Ubuntu kernel sources, available from:
 
- http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-vivid.git
- 
+ https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/wily
+
+Ubuntu will maintain those kernels till:
+
+ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
+
 
 Additional/Updated Modules:
 ---------------------------
 
+- include latest e1000e driver from intel/sourceforge
+
 - include latest ixgbe driver from intel/sourceforge
 
-- include latest igb driver from intel/sourceforge
+# - include latest igb driver from intel/sourceforge
 
 # Note: hpsa does not compile with kernel 3.19.8
 #- include latest HPSA driver (HP Smart Array)
@@ -62,6 +68,13 @@ PATCHES:
   of bridge device, then address won't change. So we could omit
   that patch, requiring to set hwaddress in /etc/network/interfaces.
 
+Watchdog blacklist
+------------------
+
+By default, all watchdog modules are black-listed because it is totally undefined
+which device is actually used for /dev/watchdog.
+We ship this list in /lib/modprobe.d/blacklist_pve-kernel-<VERSION>.conf
+The user typically edit /etc/modules to enable a specific watchdog device.
 
 Additional information
 ----------------------
@@ -122,6 +135,11 @@ see Makefile (PVE_CONFIG_OPTS)
   This is the suggested setting for KVM. We also measure bad fsync
   performance with ext4 and cfq.
 
+- disable CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG
+
+  Module evbug is not blacklisted on debian, so we simply disable it
+  to avoid key-event logs (which is a big security problem)
+
 Testing final kernel with kvm
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