buildsys: update make upload target for stretch

[pve-kernel-jessie.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -3,19 +3,26 @@ KERNEL SOURCE:
 
 We currently use the Ubuntu kernel sources, available from:
 
- http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-vivid.git
- 
+ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-xenial.git/
+
+Ubuntu will maintain those kernels till:
+
+ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
+
 
 Additional/Updated Modules:
 ---------------------------
 
-- include latest ixgbe driver from intel/sourceforge
+- include latest e1000e driver from intel/sourceforge
 
-- include latest igb driver from intel/sourceforge
+- include latest ixgbe driver from intel/sourceforge
 
-- include latest HPSA driver (HP Smart Array)
+ - include latest igb driver from intel/sourceforge
 
-  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/cciss/
+# Note: hpsa does not compile with kernel 3.19.8
+#- include latest HPSA driver (HP Smart Array)
+#
+#  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/cciss/
 
 - include native OpenZFS filesystem kernel modules for Linux
 
@@ -61,6 +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
 ----------------------
@@ -73,12 +87,17 @@ see Makefile (PVE_CONFIG_OPTS)
 - enable CONFIG_CEPH_FS=m (request from user)
 
 - enable common CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XXX to avoid hardware detection
-  problems (udev, undate-initramfs hav serious problems without that)
+  problems (udev, undate-initramfs have serious problems without that)
 
         CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
         CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
         CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
 
+- add workaround for Debian bug #807000 (see
+  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=807000)
+
+        CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME=y
+
 - compile NBD and RBD modules
         CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m
         CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RBD=m
@@ -121,6 +140,11 @@ 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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