Kernel question on 382.2

[feranick]

Hi, I am testing 382.2_beta1 on the AC68. It's still running on the 2.6.36 kernel. Is this to be expected? I thought it was migrating to the newer 4.1.xxx series...

Thanks very much

 

[Adamm]

Hi, I am testing 382.2_beta1 on the AC68. It's still running on the 2.6.36 kernel. Is this to be expected? I thought it was migrating to the newer 4.1.xxx series...

Thanks very much

The 4.x kernel is only on newer devices like the AC86U as its tied to the Broadcom SDK.

 

[RMerlin]

The kernel isn't tied to the firmware version, it's tied to the hardware. Kernels never get upgraded for a specific model.

 

[feranick]

Thank you!

 

[Mihai]

Where the kernel is listed in rt-ac87u firmware

 

[RMerlin]

RT-AC87U shares the same Broadcom architecture as the RT-AC68U, so it's using 2.6.36 for the Broadcom side (and 2.6.35 I think for the Quantenna firmware - I forgot the exact revision, but it's close to that).