The Latest Kernel Release.

cwizardone · 06-16-2021, 01:37 PM

Year 2021, Round 41.

Another batch of updates has been scheduled for release on Friday, 18 June 2021, at approximately 15:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Thursday (depending on your time zone).

The details:

5.12.12-rc1, with 48 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.2/01079.html

5.10.45-rc1, with 38 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.2/01005.html

5.4.127-rc1, with 28 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.2/01003.html

cwizardone · 06-17-2021, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Google said Thursday it's funding a project to increase Linux security by writing parts of the operating system's core in the Rust programming language, a modernization effort that could bolster the security of the internet and smartphones.
If the project succeeds, it'll be possible to add new elements written in Rust into the heart of Linux, called the kernel. Such a change would mark a major technological and cultural shift for an open-source software project that's become foundational to Google's Android and Chrome operating systems as well as vast swaths of the internet........

The full story can be found here, https://www.cnet.com/news/google-bac...arder-to-hack/

ponce · 06-18-2021, 05:08 AM

kernels 5.4.127, 5.10.45 and 5.12.12 are out.

3rensho · 06-18-2021, 05:14 AM

5.12.12 built and running fine

GazL · 06-18-2021, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

The full story can be found here, https://www.cnet.com/news/google-bac...arder-to-hack/

Given how often a rust update seems to break the firefox build, that's kind of concerning. :-/

Oh, well, I'll worry about it when it happens: they've still got to convince Linus.

Didier Spaier · 06-18-2021, 06:52 AM

I just finished building kernel 5.12.11 packages with gcc-5.5.0 without a hitch

cwizardone · 06-18-2021, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

kernels 5.4.127, 5.10.45 and 5.12.12 are out.

Tarballs and change logs can be found at, https://www.kernel.org/

Petri Kaukasoina · 06-18-2021, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

...writing parts of the operating system's core in the Rust programming language...

...to add new elements written in Rust into the heart of Linux...

I think that quote gives a wrong picture. This is from the message in LKML https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/4/14/1023:

Quote:

Please note that the Rust support is intended to enable writing drivers and similar "leaf" modules in Rust, at least for the foreseeable future. In particular, we do not intend to rewrite the kernel core nor the major kernel subsystems (e.g. `kernel/`, `mm/`, `sched/`...).

AlleyTrotter · 06-18-2021, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3rensho

5.12.12 built and running fine

Running fine on Slackware64-14.2 Here to
HTH
john

marav · 06-18-2021, 02:55 PM

<cwizardone>

Kernel updates 5.12.12, 5.10.45, 5.4.127 are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs :

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.12.12

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.10.45

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.4.127

</cwizardone>

cwizardone · 06-20-2021, 05:17 PM

5.13-rc7
Release Candidate 7, for the 5.13 "mainline" development kernel has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.13-rc7.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.2/04640.html

cwizardone · 06-21-2021, 11:51 AM

Year 2021, Round 42.

Another batch of updates has been scheduled for release on Wednesday, 23 June 2021, at approximately 15:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Tuesday (depending on your time zone).

The details:

5.12.13-rc1, with 178 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.2/05635.html

5.10.46-rc1, with 146 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.2/05480.html

5.4.128-rc1, with 90 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.2/05415.html

3rensho · 06-23-2021, 08:00 AM

5.12.13 and two others have been released.

marav · 06-23-2021, 08:07 AM

Kernel updates 5.12.13, 5.10.46, 5.4.128 are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs :

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.12.13

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.10.46

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.4.128

3rensho · 06-23-2021, 08:53 AM

5.12.13 running as it should.