# 🐧 Gameshell kernel history recap (and the future ?)

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-kernel-history-recap-and-the-future/8115>\
**Category:** GameShell\
**Tags:** kernel, development\
**Created:** [February 28, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-kernel-history-recap-and-the-future/8115 "2022-02-28T10:11:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![arthur](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/arthur/32/2877_2.png) [@arthur](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/arthur)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-kernel-history-recap-and-the-future/8115/1 "2022-02-28T10:11:46Z")

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Hey 👋 ,

# 📜 History

Trying to dig into the kernel versions supported by the gameshell hardware, here is what I found :

- [GitHub - clockworkpi/Kernel: CPI Linux Kernel](https://github.com/clockworkpi/Kernel) with commits from @guu mentions **4.14.2** mentioned in the README

- [GitHub - clockworkpi/Kernel: CPI Linux Kernel](https://github.com/clockworkpi/Kernel) mentions **4.20** mentioned in the commits

- [Official clockwork OS v0.4](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-os-image-files-v0-3-0-4/355) built by @yong : **5.2.RC4**

- [Official clockwork OS v0.5](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-os-image-files-v0-5/5058) built by @yong : Linux clockworkpi **5.3.6** #1 SMP Tue Oct 15 17:26:44 CST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux

- [Custom DEOT image v1.0 based on clockwork 0.4](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/custom-d-e-o-t-v1-0-clockwork-os-v0-4-image-with-updated-kernel-5-3-6-latest-lima-drivers-ra1-8-1-mupen64-and-much-more-current-version-191122/4742) build by @javelinface : **5.3.6**

- [Arch OS image](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/os-arch-linux/5009) developed by @r043v Linux **5.4.5-1-gs** seems to be used, can be updated to **5.6.3** using pacman

- [Custom DEOT image v2.0 based on clockwork 0.5](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/custom-d-e-o-t-v1-0-clockwork-os-v0-4-image-with-updated-kernel-5-3-6-latest-lima-drivers-ra1-8-1-mupen64-and-much-more-current-version-191122/4742) build by @javelinface : **5.7.7**

- [unofficial clockworkpi-debian bullseye v0.3](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/os-retroarch-debian-os-image-based-on-the-minimal-debian-u-boot-kernel-and-debian-from-scratch-v0-3/5707) build by @Joao_Manoel : **5.7**

Thank you all for the amazing work you all have done on this project. Feel free to comment if I missed some working kernels or info, I’ll update the original post since there is no wiki (documentation is good!)…

# 🔮 Future

What could we expect for the future ? I am prompted this question by [this comment by @smaeul](https://github.com/wolfallein/clockworkpi-debian/issues/10#issuecomment-1053736904) that states that some of the patches to get the **5.7** kernel working are now mainline since **5.13**. Also for reference the [Linux kernel version history - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history) might give us some info about which kernels are still supported upstream.

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**Author:** ![r043v](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/r043v/32/672_2.png) [@r043v](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/r043v)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-kernel-history-recap-and-the-future/8115/2 "2022-02-28T12:00:08Z")

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arch port can update himself from mainline arch linux arm servers and from my dedicated [pacman repository](https://gs.dread.fr/arch/armv7h/) ([source](https://github.com/r043v/GameShell-PKGBUILDs)),  
kernel is custom build and so not mainlined, latest available one on my arch repo was 5.6.3

i yet need a new batterie, wasn’t used my gs for a really long time …