This bumps the 4.4. kernel in LEDE 17.01 to 4.4.116.
More Meltdown & Spectre mitigation.
* Refresh patches.
* Refresh x86/config for RETPOLINE.
* Deleted 8049-PCI-layerscape-Add-fsl-ls2085a-pcie-compatible-ID.patch (accepted upstream)
* Deleted 8050-PCI-layerscape-Fix-MSG-TLP-drop-setting.patch (accepted upstream)
* 650-pppoe_header_pad.patch does not apply anymore (code was replaced).
Bumps from 4.4.113 to 4.4.115 were handled by Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant.
Compile-tested on: ar71xx, ramips/mt7621, x86/64
Run-tested on: ar71xx, ramips/mt7621, x86/64
Signed-off-by: Stijn Segers <foss@volatilesystems.org>
It could cause crashes with some forms of virtualization, and it is
unlikely to work properly with most systems.
It's safer to just disable it.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Is it used by VMware Fusion by default. This allows images to boot
without further config changes in VMware.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
CPU frequency scaling enables the operating system to scale the CPU
frequency up or down in order to save power. CPU frequencies can be
scaled automatically depending on the system load, in response to ACPI
events, or manually by userspace programs.
Signed-off-by: Lucian Cristian <lucian.cristian@gmail.com>
Enable support for DMI decoding in the kernel so that we can access
manufacturer and model information via sysfs.
Also remove redundant per-subtarget DMI overrides and preset a few
previously unset symbols popping up due to the now enabled DMI support.
Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
The buildbots complained about these config options being missing for arm64:
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE_COLUMNS=80
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE_ROWS=25
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
SVN-Revision: 48929
