Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.54

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• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.54

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  • Updated Linux kernel to version 6.12.54 across all supported platform configurations.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This pull request updates the Linux kernel version from 6.12.53 to 6.12.54 across kernel documentation and buildroot configuration files for multiple board and architecture targets.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Change Summary
Documentation Documentation/kernel.md	Bumps kernel version entries from 6.12.53 to 6.12.54 across multiple board definitions
Buildroot Defconfigs buildroot-external/configs/{generic_aarch64,generic_x86_64,green,khadas_vim3,odroid_c2,odroid_c4,odroid_m1,odroid_m1s,odroid_n2,odroid_xu4,ova,tinker}_defconfig	Updates BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE from "6.12.53" to "6.12.54" in each config file

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Pre-merge checks and finishing touches

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title Check	✅ Passed	The pull request title "Linux: Update kernel to 6.12.54" directly and accurately summarizes the primary change in the changeset. All modified files consistently update the Linux kernel version from 6.12.53 to 6.12.54, including updates to Documentation/kernel.md and multiple defconfig files across various boards. The title is specific, concise, and clearly communicates the main objective without vague terminology or excessive detail. A teammate scanning the commit history would immediately understand that this PR bumps the kernel version across the entire project.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changes. Docstring coverage check skipped.

✨ Finishing touches

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• Create PR with unit tests
• Post copyable unit tests in a comment
• Commit unit tests in branch bump-linux-6.12.54

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📒 Files selected for processing (13)

• Documentation/kernel.md (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/generic_aarch64_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/generic_x86_64_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/green_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/khadas_vim3_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/odroid_c2_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/odroid_c4_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/odroid_m1_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/odroid_m1s_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/odroid_n2_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/odroid_xu4_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig (1 hunks)
• buildroot-external/configs/tinker_defconfig (1 hunks)

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Files:

• Documentation/kernel.md

🔇 Additional comments (13)

buildroot-external/configs/generic_x86_64_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM!

Kernel version update is consistent with the rest of the PR.

buildroot-external/configs/odroid_m1s_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM!

Kernel version update is consistent with the rest of the PR.

buildroot-external/configs/odroid_m1_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM!

Kernel version update is consistent with the rest of the PR.

buildroot-external/configs/green_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM!

Kernel version update is consistent with the rest of the PR.

buildroot-external/configs/odroid_xu4_defconfig (1)

22-22: LGTM!

Kernel version update is consistent with the rest of the PR.

buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM!

Kernel version update is consistent with the rest of the PR.

buildroot-external/configs/generic_aarch64_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM!

Kernel version update is consistent with the rest of the PR.

buildroot-external/configs/tinker_defconfig (1)

23-23: Kernel version 6.12.54 verified and ready.

The kernel tarball exists and was released October 19, 2025, with testing from multiple organizations. The changelog includes legitimate bug fixes for NFSD access checking, mount NULL pointer handling, and ASoC DMA calculations. This is a straightforward patch-level update from 6.12.53 that addresses real issues.

buildroot-external/configs/odroid_c4_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM! Kernel version update is correct.

The kernel version string has been properly updated to 6.12.54.

buildroot-external/configs/odroid_n2_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM! Kernel version update is correct.

The kernel version string has been properly updated to 6.12.54.

buildroot-external/configs/khadas_vim3_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM! Kernel version update is correct.

The kernel version string has been properly updated to 6.12.54.

buildroot-external/configs/odroid_c2_defconfig (1)

21-21: LGTM! Kernel version update is correct.

The kernel version string has been properly updated to 6.12.54.

Documentation/kernel.md (1)

6-24: LGTM! Documentation correctly reflects the kernel version update.

Linux kernel version 6.12.54 was released on October 19, 2025, and the documentation has been properly updated to reflect this latest version for the affected platforms.

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