The Latest Kernel Release.

cwizardone · 12-15-2019, 05:53 PM

5.5-rc2

The newest "mainline" development kernel, version 5.5-rc2, has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.5-rc2.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.1/08783.html

cwizardone · 12-16-2019, 01:27 PM

Another round of kernel updates has been scheduled for release on Wednesday evenning, 18 December 2019, at approximately 18:00, GMT.

If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available early Wednesday (depending on your time zone).

There will be 177 patches in the 5.4.4 kernel update, 180 in 5.3.17, 140 in 4.19.90 and 267 patches in the 4.14.159 update.

The details:

5.4.4, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/01455.html

5.3.17, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/01197.html

4.19.90, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/01088.html

4.14.159, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/01730.html

SCerovec · 12-16-2019, 04:25 PM

That 5.4 branch certainly switched into high gear?

cwizardone · 12-16-2019, 07:12 PM

An update to the 3.16.yy kernel series has been scheduled for release Thursday, 19 December 2019, at Noon, GMT.

The 3.16.80 update will have 136 patches.

Mr. Hutchings' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/02150.html

cwizardone · 12-17-2019, 01:29 PM

Kernel updates 5.4.4, 5.3.17, 4.19.90 and 4.14.159 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.4.4

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.3.17

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.90

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.159

cwizardone · 12-17-2019, 02:46 PM

And away we go! The fun never stops.

Another round of kernel updates has been scheduled for release on Thursday night, 19 December 2019, at approximately 20:00, GMT.

If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available late Wednesday or early Thursday (depending on your time zone).

There will be 37 patches in the 5.4.5 kernel update and 25 patches in the 5.3.18 update.

The details:

5.4.5, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/03355.html

5.3.18, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/03397.html

Lysander666 · 12-17-2019, 02:49 PM

Aghhhhh

volkerdi · 12-17-2019, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lysander666

Aghhhhh

Heh

3rensho · 12-18-2019, 09:53 AM

Kernel 5.4.5 has been released and is building as I type

cwizardone · 12-18-2019, 09:58 AM

@3rensho,
Thanks for the heads up. Do you know why it was released so quickly?

Kernel updates 5.4.5 and 5.3.18 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.4.5

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.3.18

cwizardone · 12-18-2019, 10:22 AM

If I had to guess as to why the quick release, it would be the first commit in the 5.4.5 change log,

Quote:

r8169: add missing RX enabling for WoL on RTL8125

[ Upstream commit 00222d1394104f0fd6c01ca9f578afec9e0f148b ]

RTL8125 also requires to enable RX for WoL.

v2: add missing Fixes tag

Maybe not.

ZhaoLin1457 · 12-18-2019, 10:57 AM

Which RTL8125 is a very common chipset for the Ethernet cards on PCI-express and sometimes embedded on motherboards, so I would put my bet also there.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/15026...-makes-a-debut

hazel · 12-18-2019, 11:18 AM

If it's not off-topic, why do people here feel the need to have the absolutely latest kernel? Just a brief answer will suffice.

Lysander666 · 12-18-2019, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hazel

If it's not off-topic, why do people here feel the need to have the absolutely latest kernel? Just a brief answer will suffice.

Brief answer: because it's fun.

Slightly longer answer: I don't actually update at each point release, just when I feel like I need to, but I do enjoy the process of upgrading, knowing I have the latest kernel, and seeing the new version number in the terminal. It's little more than that. However, if there's a very important security update of course I will move to that kernel. I'm still on 5.4.2 on my -current machine.

ttk · 12-18-2019, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hazel

If it's not off-topic, why do people here feel the need to have the absolutely latest kernel? Just a brief answer will suffice.

Usually I don't, but for a while I had this new laptop (Lenovo p73) which did not work with Slackware, and my best hope for getting it to work was a newer kernel.

Now that it's working, I'm a bit loathe to update its kernel again.

Other reasons: To help test prospective kernels for the next stable release, and to get better security patches for as-yet-unfixed hardware flaws (Spectre/Meltdown).