Linux version upgrade to 6.18 in DT image

SystemReady-devicetree-band/README.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The SystemReady-devicetree band compliance and testing requirements are specifie
 
 | Component                                                                   | Version           |
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
-| [Linux Kernel](https://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto/)                   | v6.16             |
+| [Linux Kernel](https://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto/)                   | v6.18             |
 | [EDK2](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git)                               | edk2-stable202508 |
 | [DT bindings source](https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/)         | v6.18             |
 

SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/build-scripts/get_source.sh

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ copy_recipes()
     rm $TOP_DIR/meta-woden/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.6.bb
 
     #Increase the initramfs size to hold more storage drivers in ACS image
-    sed -i 's/INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE ??= "131072"/INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE ??= "190000"/' $TOP_DIR/meta-woden/poky/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+    sed -i 's/INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE ??= "131072"/INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE ??= "193000"/' $TOP_DIR/meta-woden/poky/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
 
 
     #copy linux_yocto.bbappend with empty defconfig

SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/conf/distro/woden.conf

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ EFI_PROVIDER = "grub-efi"
 
 # Suffixing the build directory with the libc is pointless
 TCLIBCAPPEND = ""
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto = "6.16%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto = "6.18%"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_fwts = "26.01.00"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_python3-dtschema = "2025.2"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_grub = "2.06"

SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.18.bb

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+KBRANCH ?= "v6.18/standard/base"
+
+require recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
+
+# CVE exclusions
+include recipes-kernel/linux/cve-exclusion.inc
+include recipes-kernel/linux/cve-exclusion_6.18.inc
+
+# board specific branches
+KBRANCH:qemuarm  ?= "v6.18/standard/arm-versatile-926ejs"
+KBRANCH:qemuarm64 ?= "v6.18/standard/base"
+KBRANCH:qemumips ?= "v6.18/standard/mti-malta"
+KBRANCH:qemuppc  ?= "v6.18/standard/qemuppc"
+KBRANCH:qemuriscv64  ?= "v6.18/standard/base"
+KBRANCH:qemuriscv32  ?= "v6.18/standard/base"
+KBRANCH:qemux86  ?= "v6.18/standard/base"
+KBRANCH:qemux86-64 ?= "v6.18/standard/base"
+KBRANCH:qemuloongarch64  ?= "v6.18/standard/base"
+KBRANCH:qemumips64 ?= "v6.18/standard/mti-malta"
+
+SRCREV_machine:qemuarm ?= "ee78c602479902ccc042f3b2c6467a6a1b2010e1"
+SRCREV_machine:qemuarm64 ?= "3e243d2a1151b1ccb42f80f81c6d77f0af327a3d"
+SRCREV_machine:qemuloongarch64 ?= "3e243d2a1151b1ccb42f80f81c6d77f0af327a3d"
+SRCREV_machine:qemumips ?= "62ea92a539f58803a222be98b81118403074206e"
+SRCREV_machine:qemuppc ?= "3e243d2a1151b1ccb42f80f81c6d77f0af327a3d"
+SRCREV_machine:qemuriscv64 ?= "3e243d2a1151b1ccb42f80f81c6d77f0af327a3d"
+SRCREV_machine:qemuriscv32 ?= "3e243d2a1151b1ccb42f80f81c6d77f0af327a3d"
+SRCREV_machine:qemux86 ?= "3e243d2a1151b1ccb42f80f81c6d77f0af327a3d"
+SRCREV_machine:qemux86-64 ?= "3e243d2a1151b1ccb42f80f81c6d77f0af327a3d"
+SRCREV_machine:qemumips64 ?= "9fb4ff0187c85426f21fd40d4c61b742800f65c4"
+SRCREV_machine ?= "3e243d2a1151b1ccb42f80f81c6d77f0af327a3d"
+SRCREV_meta ?= "1fbfcbd8a3ce8df814f51ef8710fc0197ff01986"
+
+# set your preferred provider of linux-yocto to 'linux-yocto-upstream', and you'll
+# get the <version>/base branch, which is pure upstream -stable, and the same
+# meta SRCREV as the linux-yocto-standard builds. Select your version using the
+# normal PREFERRED_VERSION settings.
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "devupstream:target"
+SRCREV_machine:class-devupstream ?= "b6fe42bc55af3fb17c8c03def2f8a1f7fa907af6"
+PN:class-devupstream = "linux-yocto-upstream"
+KBRANCH:class-devupstream = "v6.18/base"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto.git;name=machine;branch=${KBRANCH};protocol=https \
+           git://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-kernel-cache;type=kmeta;name=meta;branch=yocto-6.18;destsuffix=${KMETA};protocol=https \
+           file://0001-disable-psci-checker.patch;patch=1 "
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=6bc538ed5bd9a7fc9398086aedcd7e46"
+LINUX_VERSION ?= "6.18.6"
+
+PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git"
+
+KMETA = "kernel-meta"
+KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL = "1"
+
+KERNEL_DEVICETREE:qemuarmv5 = "arm/versatile-pb.dtb"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^(qemuarm|qemuarmv5|qemuarm64|qemux86|qemuppc|qemuppc64|qemumips|qemumips64|qemux86-64|qemuriscv64|qemuriscv32|qemuloongarch64)$"
+
+# Functionality flags
+KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES ?= "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES}"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemuall = " cfg/virtio.scc features/drm-bochs/drm-bochs.scc cfg/net/mdio.scc"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86 = " cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86-64 = " cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "mx32", " cfg/x32.scc", "", d)}"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "ptest", " features/scsi/scsi-debug.scc features/nf_tables/nft_test.scc", "", d)}"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "ptest", " features/gpio/mockup.scc features/gpio/sim.scc", "", d)}"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains("KERNEL_DEBUG", "True", " features/reproducibility/reproducibility.scc features/debug/debug-btf.scc", "", d)}"
+# libteam ptests from meta-oe needs it
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "ptest", " features/net/team/team.scc", "", d)}"
+# openl2tp tests from meta-networking needs it
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "ptest", " cgl/cfg/net/l2tp.scc", "", d)}"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append:powerpc = " arch/powerpc/powerpc-debug.scc"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append:powerpc64 = " arch/powerpc/powerpc-debug.scc"
+KERNEL_FEATURES:append:powerpc64le = " arch/powerpc/powerpc-debug.scc"
+# Do not add debug info for riscv32, it fails during depmod
+# ERROR: modpost: __ex_table+0x17a4 references non-executable section '.debug_loclists'
+# Check again during next major version upgrade
+KERNEL_FEATURES:remove:riscv32 = "features/debug/debug-kernel.scc"
+INSANE_SKIP:kernel-vmlinux:qemuppc64 = "textrel"
+do_kernel_configcheck[noexec] = "1"

common/config/systemready-dt-band-source.cfg

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 # Linux kernel build tag/commit
 # SRC: https://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto/
-LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION=6.16
+LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION=6.18
 
 # EDK2 build tag/commit
 # SRC: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git