The Latest Kernel Release.

GazL · 07-04-2017, 02:38 PM

4.12 running ok here, though for now I just used a 'make olddefconfig' against my 4.11 config and haven't investigated any of the fancy new features such as the new schedulers.

cwizardone · 07-05-2017, 11:16 AM

Kernel updates 4.9.36, 4.4.76 and 4.11.9, are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/.

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.9.36

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.4.76

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.11.9

The source,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...-4.9.36.tar.xz

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...-4.4.76.tar.xz

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...-4.11.9.tar.xz

cwizardone · 07-12-2017, 02:58 PM

Kernel updates 4.9.37, 4.11.10 and 4.12.1, are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/.

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.9.37

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.11.10

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.12.1

The source,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...-4.9.37.tar.xz

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...4.11.10.tar.xz

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...-4.12.1.tar.xz

55020 · 07-13-2017, 02:32 PM

For anybody using 'dusk', I'm not going to be building any more 4.9 series kernels because Slackware's official kernels in -current are available and regularly updated. So from now on it's 4.4 and 4.12

slalik · 07-13-2017, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 55020

For anybody using 'dusk', I'm not going to be building any more 4.9 series kernels because Slackware's official kernels in -current are available and regularly updated.

True, although it was so convenient always see the current version of the kernel in slackpkg. Thank you!

cwizardone · 07-13-2017, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 55020

For anybody using 'dusk', I'm not going to be building any more 4.9 series kernels because Slackware's official kernels in -current are available and regularly updated. So from now on it's 4.4 and 4.12

Thanks for the 4.12.1 kernel!

It works with everything except VirtualBox. When trying to build the VB module it returns this error,

Quote:

Testing system setup...
Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox

vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG= -C /lib/modules/
4.12.1/build -j2 modules
make[1]: warning: -jN forced in submake: disabling jobserver mode.
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo >&2; \
echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo >&2 ; \
/bin/false)....

Just FYI.
Thanks, again.

montagdude · 07-13-2017, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

Thanks for the 4.12.1 kernel!

It works with everything except VirtualBox. When trying to build the VB module it returns this error,

Just FYI.
Thanks, again.

I haven't used the dusk kernel builds, so forgive the ignorant question, but is the kernel source included? If so, it sounds like you can just follow those instructions to fix it.

bassmadrigal · 07-13-2017, 09:05 PM

Check out this forum thread.

It recommends this patch, which should be able to be applied in the base source directory (/tmp/SBo/virtualbox-kernel-$VERSION/) using:

Code:

patch -Np1 < vbox.patch

kjhambrick · 07-15-2017, 06:28 AM

All --

EDIT: Posted too hastily ... added 4.12.2 and 4.11.11 to the table.

Kernels 4.12.2, 4.11.11, 4.9.38, 4.4.77 and 3.18.61 are now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

stable:    4.12.2        Source ChangeLog 2017-07-15 ( added via edit )
stable:    4.11.11       Source ChangeLog 2017-07-15 ( added via edit )
longterm:  4.9.38        Source ChangeLog 2017-07-15 ( Slackware-current )
longterm:  4.4.77        Source ChangeLog 2017-07-15 ( Slackware-14.2 )
longterm:  3.18.61 [EOL] Source ChangeLog 2017-07-15

Check for the Latest Updates at www.kernel.org.

Have Fun All'Y'All !

-- kjh

GazL · 07-15-2017, 06:33 AM

4.12.2 has also just been tagged in git, though it's not showing on kernel.org just yet.

slackerDude · 07-15-2017, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 55020

For anybody using 'dusk', I'm not going to be building any more 4.9 series kernels because Slackware's official kernels in -current are available and regularly updated. So from now on it's 4.4 and 4.12

Thanks. Sorry if this post is OT.

I'm building a new Ryzen system, and slackware-current is using 4.9.37 as of today. I hear that Ryzen should use 4.10+. Is there a way to modify my local mirror to insert one of these 4.12 kernels into the directories and rebuild the ISO? Will it just work? Or do I need to do more work?

cwizardone · 07-15-2017, 06:07 PM

Release candidate one of the latest "mainline" (development) kernel, 4.13-rc1, is now available.

The source, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-4.13-rc1.tar.gz

55020 · 07-16-2017, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slackerDude

I'm building a new Ryzen system, and slackware-current is using 4.9.37 as of today. I hear that Ryzen should use 4.10+. Is there a way to modify my local mirror to insert one of these 4.12 kernels into the directories and rebuild the ISO? Will it just work? Or do I need to do more work?

It depends on the detail of "Ryzen should use 4.10+" (and possibly also on any other new/shiny/expensive stuff). If that means 'works well enough with 4.9 to do an install but needs to be upgraded to 4.10+ later to get fancy video and max performance', then there's your answer. If that means 'totally broken on 4.9', then you would need to replace not just the kernel packages under slackware64/, but also the installer's own kernel inside initrd.img. I'm not sure how much work that is. If NVMe is also in the mix, god knows. This stuff is outside my budgetary parameters, which leads to downward pressure on my attention span.

If it was me, I might do the install on another box, including a 4.12 kernel, then move the finished hd to the Ryzen box.

kjhambrick · 07-18-2017, 03:22 PM

All --

Kernels 3.16.46 and 3.2.91 are now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

longterm:  3.16.46 Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2017-07-18
longterm:  3.2.91  Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2017-07-18 ( Slackware-14.0 )

CVE References:

ChangeLog-3.16.46 references CVE-2017-1000365, CVE-2017-6951.

ChangeLog-3.2.91 references CVE-2017-1000365, CVE-2017-6951.

Check for the Latest Updates at www.kernel.org.

Have Fun All'Y'All !

-- kjh

cwizardone · 07-21-2017, 05:53 AM

Kernel updates 4.4.78, 4.9.39, 4.11.12 [EOL] and 4.12.3, are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/.

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.4.78

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.9.39

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.11.12

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.12.3