The Latest Kernel Release.

A third release candidate for the 4.9.226 kernel update has been made available for testing.

4.9.226-rc3, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.0/02554.html

Originally Posted by ponce I haven't tried it myself but... https://gitlab.com/snippets/1965550

Thanks Matteo! I can confirm that with the patched NVidia 440.82 driver Kernel 5.7.0 cranks up fine on -current:

andrew@ilium~$ uname -srp
Linux 5.7.0-ads AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core Processor
andrew@ilium~$

And importantly for my purposes VirtualBox load an runs fine as well. I still look forward to a formal NVidia driver upgrade but this will serve for the moment...

Kernel 5.4.44 is available as are a host of others

Kernel updates 5.6.16, 5.4.44, 4.19.126, 4.14.183, 4.9.226 and 4.4.226 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.6.16

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.44

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.19.126

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.183

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.226

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.226

An interesting addition, return actually, will be made with the 5.8 kernel. This may be of interest to those who need to use a video camera.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...-Media-Updates

Intel Atom Camera Driver Resurrected In Linux 5.8 - Benefits A Lot Of Devices Written by Michael Larabel in Multimedia on 4 June 2020 at 09:27 AM EDT. The Linux 5.8 media subsystem changes restore a previously dropped driver for supporting the cameras found on multiple generations of Intel Atom devices.......... .......The media updates for Linux 5.8 were merged overnight and include Atom ISP plus a new Rockchip video decoder IP driver, a ov2740 image sensor driver, and new V4L2 controls for identifying the camera orientation and sensor rotation of cameras on devices........

The full article can be found at the link above the quote box.

I cannot recommend kernel 5.4.44. My Asus laptop will not boot with that kernel.

EDIT: My virtual machine that runs -current, however, was quite happy to boot with that update.

YMMV.

EDIT2: The other edit comment should have given me a hint. I had spaced out and not built a initrd for that kernel on the laptop.

With an initrd, it works just fine on that laptop. I'm using it now to write this.

The 5.4.44 kernel is working fine on my desktop. No problems of any kind.

Year 2020, Round 36

Another batch of kernel updates has been scheduled for release on Sunday, 07 June 2020, at approximately 14:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Saturday (depending on your time zone).

There will be 14 patches in the 5.7.1 update, 43 in 5.6.17, 38 in 5.4.45 and 28 patches in the 4.19.127 update.

The details:

5.7.1-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.0/05958.html

5.6.17-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.0/05940.html

5.4.45-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.0/05880.html

4.19.127-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.0/05903.html

VirtualBox 6.1.10 (released June 05 2020)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: GUI: Fixed crash when using Qt on Xwayland sessions (bug #19583) GUI: Fixed mouse pointer doesn't work properly in Windows guests when scaling is on (bug #19597) VBoxManage: Fixed crash of 'VBoxManage internalcommands repairhd' when processing invalid input (bug #19579) Settings: disable audio input and audio output by default for new VMs (bug #19527) Guest Additions: Fixed resizing and multi monitor handling for Wayland guests. (bug #19496) Guest Additions: Fixed VBoxClient error: The parent session seems to be non-X11. (bug #19590) Linux host and guest: Linux kernel version 5.7 support. (bug #19516)

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v10

Hello,

The LTS kernel 5.4 support has been extended to 6 years.

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SeB

Originally Posted by phenixia2003 Hello, The LTS kernel 5.4 support has been extended to 6 years. -- SeB

I doubt that I will want to run a 5.4.x kernel in the Year 2025, and it is not only about the hardware support.

Maybe the enterprise or industrial customers will love this super LTS, but I humbly observed that the software evolves, and 5 years is plenty of time for this.

And I want to live in "today" not in England of Middle Ages ...

So, excuse me if those news do not impress me.

If this news makes someone happy then I'm not going to rain on their parade, but even Greg K-H, the guy that maintains the LTS, has always recommended using the latest stable branch over the LTS.

I don't want to -- or more accurately, can't -- run 5.4 now, let alone in 5 years time. I'm sitting here waiting for 5.7.1 to drop, and then I'll be moving on from 5.6.

Originally Posted by GazL .........I'm sitting here waiting for 5.7.1 to drop, and then I'll be moving on from 5.6.

If things had followed their "normal" pattern, 5.7.1, would have been released late yesterday. As it is, it would appear Greg K-H has taken the weekend off. Watch it drop any minute, now that I've said that.

Since Dave's Unofficial Slackbuilt Kernels are no longer available, I going to have to bite the bullet, dig out my notes, and build my own. Haven't done that in years.

Kernel updates 5.7.1, 5.6.17, 5.4.45 and 4.19.127 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change log,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.7.1

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.6.17

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.45

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.19.127

Built 5.7.1 with gcc-10.1.0 and so far everything is fine. Used the patch on the Nvidia driver source (440.82) to build it under 5.7.x