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diff --git a/scripts/package-build/linux-kernel/README.md b/scripts/package-build/linux-kernel/README.md index 56954e5a..927e880c 100644 --- a/scripts/package-build/linux-kernel/README.md +++ b/scripts/package-build/linux-kernel/README.md @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ # About -VyOS runs on a custom Linux Kernel (which is 4.19) at the time of this writing. -This repository holds a Jenkins Pipeline which is used to build the Custom -Kernel (x86_64/amd64 at the moment) and all required out-of tree modules. +VyOS runs on a custom Linux Kernel (which is 6.6) at the time of this writing. +This repository holds build scripts that are used to build the Custom Kernel +(x86_64/amd64 at the moment) and all required out-of tree modules. VyOS does not utilize the build in Intel Kernel drivers for its NICs as those Kernels sometimes lack features e.g. configurable receive-side-scaling queues. @@ -33,9 +33,3 @@ VyOS utilizes several Out-of-Tree modules (e.g. WireGuard, Accel-PPP and Intel network interface card drivers). Module source code is retrieved from the upstream repository and - when needed - patched so it can be build using this pipeline. - -In the past VyOS maintainers had a fork of the Linux Kernel, WireGuard and -Accel-PPP. This is fine but increases maintenance effort. By utilizing vanilla -repositories upgrading to new versions is very easy - only the branch/commit/tag -used when cloning the repository via [Jenkinsfile](Jenkinsfile) needs to be -adjusted. |