The Latest Kernel Release.

Darth Vader · 08-16-2018, 12:42 PM

Excuse me, from when this thread become the Wailing Wall for Intel users?

I thought that you already have for your so numerous hardware vulnerabilities this very thread: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...-a-4175489800/

Or I miss something?

abga · 08-16-2018, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth Vader

Excuse me...

Or I miss something?

You missed reading the post #788 and #795, the one before yours. You're excused!

cwizardone · 08-17-2018, 08:37 PM

Kernel updates 4.18.2, 4.17.16, 4.14.64, 4.9.121, 4.4.149 and 3.18.119 [EOL] are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.18.2

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.17.16

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.14.64

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.121

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.149

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-3.18.119

The dusk-4.18.2, 4.17.16 and 4.4.149 kernel updates are available at, https://dusk.idlemoor.tk/

montagdude · 08-17-2018, 09:49 PM

Just updated to 4.18.1, but forgot to make a new initrd. Doh! Now I've gotta lug the keyboard and monitor down to the server room.

nobodino · 08-18-2018, 04:43 AM

one kernel release every day...

55020 · 08-18-2018, 04:54 AM

yep, 4.18.3 4.17.17 4.14.65 4.9.122 and 4.4.150 just arrived. Apparently the l1tf "fix" was bad.

I hope nobody in the real world is using Intel SGX. Calling this a "vulnerability" is a bit disingenuous. From the MPAA's point of view, it is, but from the computer owner's point of view, it isn't

(Yeah yeah, I know, containers)

kjhambrick · 08-18-2018, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nobodino

one kernel release every day...

Linux 4.4.149 was a 'world record' for me -- 3 hours of uptime before I built and installed and booted 4.4.150

-- kjh

Code:

# ver kernel-*-4.4.149 kernel-*-4.4.150

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1039 Aug 18 04:49 /var/log/packages/kernel-generic-4.4.149.kjh-x86_64-1_kjh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1035 Aug 18 04:49 /var/log/packages/kernel-huge-4.4.149.kjh-x86_64-1_kjh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 271208 Aug 18 04:49 /var/log/packages/kernel-modules-4.4.149.kjh-x86_64-1_kjh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1039 Aug 18 07:54 /var/log/packages/kernel-generic-4.4.150.kjh-x86_64-1_kjh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1035 Aug 18 07:54 /var/log/packages/kernel-huge-4.4.150.kjh-x86_64-1_kjh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 271208 Aug 18 07:54 /var/log/packages/kernel-modules-4.4.150.kjh-x86_64-1_kjh

blancamolinos · 08-18-2018, 09:02 AM

Theo de Raadt on the latest intel issuse (OpenBSD kernel)

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=153431475429367&w=2

aaazen · 08-18-2018, 09:28 AM

I notice a couple of changes to the Slackware64-current kernel configuration between 4.14.62 and 4.14.64 that do not appear in the log:

Code:

$diff config-huge-4.14.{62,64}.x64
3c3
< # Linux/x86 4.14.62 Kernel Configuration
---
> # Linux/x86 4.14.64 Kernel Configuration
263a264
> CONFIG_HOTPLUG_SMT=y
7076c7077
< CONFIG_EFI_VARS=m
---
> CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y
7078c7079
< CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE=m
---
> CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE=y

rkfb · 08-19-2018, 04:21 PM

I follow slackware64-current on my laptop and install all upgrades as they come along. It's just a personal computer and there's nothing on here I need to worry about so I'm quite happy just to follow the changelog along.

I keep two kernels always, the one that's working is the default one that boots and the newest one. I have to recompile the driver for my wireless dongle each time, again no problem, so I always use the huge.s kernel rather than a generic one as the kernel updates are so frequent.

This is what I wanted to ask about. With Slackware being the way it is, nothing is updated until it is stable and proven and I know we are talking about current here so things maybe a little more edgy but still, even current is generally a pretty stable os. There's never a time that I sit here with the xserver crashing or a laptop that refuses to boot due to some 'bleeding edge' update. So what is the story with the current kernels? Is it a particular branch that Pat follows and therefore issues the updates as and when they appear? Or does he have particular criteria that mean the next one may be added in to the changelog only if he's happy?

I only ask because since I have been tracking current I have been updating the kernel more than anything else and I just wondered why.

lougavulin · 08-19-2018, 06:23 PM

As rkfb, I will be curious to know too.

volkerdi · 08-19-2018, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkfb

This is what I wanted to ask about. With Slackware being the way it is, nothing is updated until it is stable and proven and I know we are talking about current here so things maybe a little more edgy but still, even current is generally a pretty stable os. There's never a time that I sit here with the xserver crashing or a laptop that refuses to boot due to some 'bleeding edge' update. So what is the story with the current kernels? Is it a particular branch that Pat follows and therefore issues the updates as and when they appear? Or does he have particular criteria that mean the next one may be added in to the changelog only if he's happy?

I got into the habit of taking the latest 4.14.x kernel when we were trying to help debug the crash issues that were happening early on, and then just kind of stuck with it. But with the Meltdown, Spectre, and related vulnerabilities getting new mitigations often, it's probably not a bad habit to be in.

cwizardone · 08-22-2018, 06:03 AM

Kernel updates 4.18.4, 4.17.18, 4.14.66, 4.9.123 and 4.4.151 and are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.18.4

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.17.18

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.14.66

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.123

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.151

The dusk-4.18.4, 4.17.18 and 4.4.151 kernel updates are available at, https://dusk.idlemoor.tk/

AlleyTrotter · 08-22-2018, 09:48 AM

4.18.4 running on Slackware64-14.2 now.

cwizardone · 08-22-2018, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlleyTrotter

4.18.4 running on Slackware64-14.2 now.

Ditto. Running as it should

on -current with the Nvidia 390.77 driver.