Linux kernel 5.15.76 compiled

The 5.15.74 kernel was compiled on October 18, with Android drivers:

https://bkhome.org/news/202210/kernel-51574-compiled-with-android-drivers.html

I have compiled 5.15.76 with these changes, shown in bold text. Firstly, for the RTC:

> Device Drivers > Real Time Clock ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 
  ┌───────────────────────────────────── Real Time Clock ─────────────────────────────────────┐   
  │  Arrow keys navigate the menu.  <Enter> selects submenus ---> (or empty submenus ----).   │   
  │  Highlighted letters are hotkeys.  Pressing <Y> includes, <N> excludes, <M> modularizes   │   
  │  features.  Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for Help, </> for Search.  Legend: [*] built-in │   
  │  [ ] excluded  <M> module  < > module capable                                             │   
  │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │   
  │ │        --- Real Time Clock                                                            │ │   
  │ │        [ ]   Set system time from RTC on startup and resume                           │ │   
  │ │        [ ]   Set the RTC time based on NTP synchronization                            │ │   
  │ │        [ ]   RTC debug support                                                        │ │   
  │ │        [*]   RTC non volatile storage support                                         │ │   
  │ │              *** RTC interfaces ***                                                   │ │   
  │ │        [*]   /sys/class/rtc/rtcN (sysfs)          CONFIG_RTC_INTF_SYSFS               │ │   
  │ │        [*]   /proc/driver/rtc (procfs for rtcN)   CONFIG_RTC_INTF_PROC                │ │   
  │ │        [*]   /dev/rtcN (character devices)                                            │ │   
  │ │        [ ]     RTC UIE emulation on dev interface                                     │ │   
  │ │        < >   Test driver/device  

...I don't know what the usefulness of these will be, just saw them recommended to be enabled on a Gentoo wiki page. Also, have enabled user-namespace:

> General setup > Namespaces support ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 
  ┌─────────────────────────────────── Namespaces support ────────────────────────────────────┐   
  │  Arrow keys navigate the menu.  <Enter> selects submenus ---> (or empty submenus ----).   │   
  │  Highlighted letters are hotkeys.  Pressing <Y> includes, <N> excludes, <M> modularizes   │   
  │  features.  Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for Help, </> for Search.  Legend: [*] built-in │   
  │  [ ] excluded  <M> module  < > module capable                                             │   
  │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │   
  │ │        --- Namespaces support                                                         │ │   
  │ │        [*]   UTS namespace                                                            │ │   
  │ │        [ ]   TIME namespace                                                           │ │   
  │ │        [*]   IPC namespace                                                            │ │   
  │ │        [*]   User namespace     CONFIG_USER_NS                                        │ │   
  │ │        [*]   PID Namespaces                                                           │ │   
  │ │        [*]   Network namespace                                                        │ │   
  │ │                        

I have previously considered user-namespace to be a potential security risk. However, want to explore some packages that need it, and ways of ensuring it remains secure.

It is intended that this kernel will be in the next release of EasyOS, perhaps 4.4.99, followed by 4.5; the latter to be announced on Distrowatch.   

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