The Latest Kernel Release.

cwizardone · 11-24-2019, 07:04 PM

And here it is!

5.4.0

The newest Stable and Long Term Service kernel, version 5.4.0, has been released.

The tarball, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...nux-5.4.tar.xz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.3/00186.html

Here are a few articles regarding the features to be found in the 5.4.0 kernel,

https://news.softpedia.com/news/linu...e-528289.shtml

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...ature-Reminder

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...features&num=1

garpu · 11-24-2019, 09:38 PM

Anything users of current need to know when this comes to us? (That is, things needing to be done differently? Ryzen lock-on-idle still an issue?)

khronosschoty · 11-24-2019, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

And here it is!

5.4.0

The newest Stable and Long Term Service kernel, version 5.4.0, has been released.

Great news!

cwizardone · 11-24-2019, 11:47 PM

And waiting for you in /testing.

Quote:

Mon Nov 25 04:16:42 UTC 2019
a/efibootmgr-20191011_e8ce9fe-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Remove wrong check of opts.reconnect #121.
a/kernel-generic-4.19.86-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.19.86-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.19.86-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-28.txz: Rebuilt.
makepkg: expand the escape list for symlink names. Thanks to NonNonBa.
ap/lxc-2.0.11_fad08f383-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Make sure /dev/null is properly created. Thanks to crts.
d/kernel-headers-4.19.86-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python-setuptools-42.0.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.19.86-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/vte-0.58.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/stunnel-5.56-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-generic-5.4.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-headers-5.4.0-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-huge-5.4.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-modules-5.4.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-source-5.4.0-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
+--------------------------+

Lysander666 · 11-25-2019, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

The tarball, not yet posted at https://www.kernel.org/ as of 05:45 GMT, 25 November 2019.

Still wasn't up when I checked this morning, but was posted a few mins ago.

cwizardone · 11-25-2019, 05:17 AM

Kernel update 4.9.203 is now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change log, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.203

teoberi · 11-25-2019, 05:29 AM

kernel.org
mainline: 5.4

ehartman · 11-25-2019, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teoberi

kernel.org
mainline: 5.4

Already available in /testing:

Quote:

testing/packages/kernel-generic-5.4.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-headers-5.4.0-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-huge-5.4.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-modules-5.4.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-source-5.4.0-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.

(from the ChangeLog entry of today: Mon Nov 25 04:16:42 UTC 2019).

khronosschoty · 11-25-2019, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teoberi

kernel.org
mainline: 5.4

Hopefully it gets tagged LTS soon.

Lysander666 · 11-25-2019, 07:02 AM

I think we're going round in circles a bit here, people are getting excited. By the way, 5.4.0 is out.

teoberi · 11-25-2019, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khronosschoty

Hopefully it gets tagged LTS soon.

https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

khronosschoty · 11-25-2019, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teoberi

https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

Thanks

cwizardone · 11-25-2019, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lysander666

I think we're going round in circles a bit here, people are getting excited.....

Yep.

BTW, it was "tagged" as LTS long before it was released. Today they just put a release date on it.

cwizardone · 11-25-2019, 09:57 AM

Kernel update 4.4.203 is now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change log, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.203

The 32-bit version of Dave's Unofficial Slackbuilt Kernel update for the 4.4.yy series can be found at, https://dusk.idlemoor.tk

philanc · 11-25-2019, 01:36 PM

Linus Torvalds' announce of 5.4.0 was published on LKML around 1am UTC Monday 25.

The whole 5.4.0 (generic, huge, modules... all the kit) was announced on the Current ChangeLog just after 4am UTC, so only _three_ hours later!!

For several hours after the Slackware ChangeLog announce, the home kernel.org page was still showing the rc version and not yet "mainline 5.4".

So we had 5.4.0 in Current several hours before kernel.org even mentionned it!!

I am once again amazed by Pat's timely releases!