The Latest Kernel Release.

GazL · 01-13-2020, 03:40 PM

I'm still finding the 'bug112315' branch commits necessary to avoid the excessive thermal generation issue with my Broadwell i3-5157 laptop. Thankfully, still working with 5.4.11.

cwizardone · 01-14-2020, 08:06 AM

Another round of kernel updates has been scheduled for release Thursday morning, 16 January 2020, at approximately 09:45, GMT.

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

There will be 78 patches in the 5.4.12 kernel update, 46 in 4.19.96, 39 in 4.14.165, 31 in 4.9.210 and, finally, 28 patches in the 4.4.210 update.

The details:

5.4.12, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06165.html

4.19.96, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06222.html

4.14.165, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06260.html

4.9.210, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06291.html

4.4.210, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06320.html

cwizardone · 01-14-2020, 02:57 PM

That was fast!!!

Kernel updates 5.4.12, 4.19.96, 4.14.165, 4.9.210 and 4.4.210 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.12

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.96

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.165

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.210

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.210

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

cwizardone · 01-15-2020, 10:12 AM

VirtualBox-6.1.2 has been released with limited support for the 5.5 kernel.

Quote:

Linux host: Support Linux 5.5 (guest additions not yet)

The change log, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v2

It is running perfectly on the 5.4.12 kernel.

cwizardone · 01-16-2020, 06:42 PM

Another round of kernel updates has been scheduled for release Saturday night, 18 January 2020, at approximately 23:00, GMT.

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

There will be 203 patches in the 5.4.13 kernel update, 84 in 4.19.97 and 71 in the 4.14.166 update.

The details:

5.4.13, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/02722.html

4.19.97, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/02831.html

4.14.166, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/02873.html

cwizardone · Yesterday, 02:17 PM

Kernel updates 5.4.13, 4.19.97 and 4.14.166 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.13

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.97

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.166

PROBLEMCHYLD · Yesterday, 03:16 PM

These kernels coming out faster than bullets. I'll be on 5.4.20 in no time.