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Upgrade Linux Kernel to 5.8 series
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A lot of things have changed in the Kernel development. This task should summarize the changes and track the progress.

  • Update kernel to 5.8.5
  • Enable Multi-Path TCP
  • Use build in WireGuard

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 ResolvedFEATURE REQUESTc-poT2843 Upgrade Linux Kernel to 5.8 series
 Resolvedc-poT2814 kernel 5.1+ : NAT : module `nft_chain_nat_ipv4` renamed

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c-po created this task.Aug 30 2020, 4:40 PM
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c-po added a subtask: T2814: kernel 5.1+ : NAT : module `nft_chain_nat_ipv4` renamed.Aug 30 2020, 5:13 PM
c-po changed the status of subtask T2814: kernel 5.1+ : NAT : module `nft_chain_nat_ipv4` renamed from Open to In progress.Aug 30 2020, 5:28 PM
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c-po closed subtask T2814: kernel 5.1+ : NAT : module `nft_chain_nat_ipv4` renamed as Resolved.Aug 30 2020, 6:09 PM
c-po closed this task as Resolved.Aug 30 2020, 7:40 PM
c-po mentioned this in rVYOSONEXbd076f694a76: Debian: T2843: drop wireguard-modules dependency with kernel 5.8.Aug 30 2020, 7:42 PM
pasik subscribed.Aug 30 2020, 7:57 PM
c-po added a comment.Sep 12 2020, 6:43 PM

Unfortunately we must revert the Kernel upgrade as there are two problematic issues:

One which is the break of ABI functionality with parted (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-5.8.y&id=692d062655) and second (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-5.5.y&id=d63007eb95) which removed required literals for the build of Intel QAT acceleration.

In the two weeks running 5.8 we still learned a lot - we experienced a performance improvement of ~30% when doing NAT at > 10GBit/s and also utilizing the build in updated drivers for Intel NICs and WireGuard.

We are looking forward to the release of this years LTS kernel and we hope to ship this in the final 1.3 release.

c-po mentioned this in rVYOSONEX6bb9c21b75ab: Revert "Debian: T2843: drop wireguard-modules dependency with kernel 5.8".Sep 13 2020, 7:11 AM
c-po mentioned this in T2880: Update Linux Kernel to v4.19.145.Sep 14 2020, 3:34 AM
c-po moved this task from Need Triage to Finished on the VyOS 1.3 Equuleus board.Nov 23 2020, 4:04 PM
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syncer edited projects, added VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.0); removed VyOS 1.3 Equuleus.Aug 29 2022, 12:26 PM
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dmbaturin set Issue type to Internal change (not visible to end users).Wed, Nov 27, 6:46 PM