[MinnowBoard] Which lowest(old) kernel version i can use?

["Thomas B. Rücker"]

On 09/23/2014 07:41 AM, Christopher Price wrote:
> Define “supported”
>
> :)
>
> In terms of “things work well” - hmm, don’t hold me to this… but, 3.14?

To quote Darren from an earlier discussion on this list:

On 09/09/2014 03:28 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> We support 3.14+
> and recommend 3.16. The board should boot and provide basic functionality
> on older kernels - one of the advantages of x86 - but you will still need
> the newer device drivers to do much else with the board.

So 3.14 seems right, if you want something that's officially supported.
If you don't mind some breakage, some older kernel probably will work.
Your choice.


> On Sep 23, 2014, at 12:30 AM, li yuqian <li770426 at gmail.com
> <mailto:li770426 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> When i checked the WIKI for how to install Linux of Minnoboard MAX, i
>> saw the WIKI shown newest version of Kernel, such as Debian, used
>> Jessie Distro. As the we know the from kernel 3.10 changed lot of
>> things, my device driver need lot of changes to move to new kernel.
>>
>> so, my question is which lowest(old) kernel 3.x version MBM is fully
>> supported?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>


Cheers

Thomas