Kernel updates 5.6.3, 5.5.16 and 5.4.31 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.6.3

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.5.16

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.31

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With all the changes being incorporated into the 5.7 kernel, it appears it will be a major release.
Among many other improvements,

The news story can be found here, https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...-For-Linux-5.7

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Do you use sources/k SlackBuilds to try our new kernels? or download/install in /usr/src/linux and the usual stuff?

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I use the SlackBuild-script to build the kernel-headers package, but I use the following instructions to build my custom kernels:
https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:sl...kernelbuilding

But these days I usually stick with the stock 5.4.y kernel packages in -current and upgrade them using slackpkg.

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I use sources downloaded from kernel.org, installed in /usr/src and copy config from previous working kernel. I keep old working kernel until I am sure that new kernel works well.

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I pretty much do something similar, except I don't delete my old kernels out of sheer laziness. I currently have 18 kernels in there, ranging from 4.13.7 to 5.4.30. I must've deleted some at some point since I had a 4.4.x kernel installed when I first installed 14.2 and I know I ran the 4.8 and 4.9 kernels before moving on.

I just looked and I have almost 40GB used in my /usr/src/ folder. Maybe I should clear some up since I only have 13GB free on my root partition (but then I have 113GB in my /tmp/, so I have plenty of places I can slim down to clear up more space).

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I follow the latest 'stable' kernel from kernel.org but usually a few point upgrades in from a new version release and I also wait out any larger problems that surface. This is my working kernel, I install it manually and also remove it manually. This has always kept me out of trouble and I have the stock -current kernel upgrades as backup; I usually will load up one of these installed kernels to test before I upgrade the working kernel...

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Thanks all for your feedback, I tried to use the sources/k slackbuilds to try the 5.6.3 kernel. It was a matter of generating good kernel configurations for generic and huge to my platform (x86_64) and the packages were generated correctly.

The migration from the 5.4.31 config to the 5.6.3 config was more or less strightforward. What I did was:
- uncompress the kernel sources,
- copy from sources/k/kernel-configs/generic-5.4.31-x64 config to /tmp/linux-5.6.3/.config
- run make oldconfig
- set the new changes (new modules mostly)
- copy the new generated .config file as a new sources/k/kernel-config/generic-5.6.3-x64
- repeat the process for config-huge configuration
- run the build all kernel scripts. If this script gets stuck, it might be trying to do a make oldconfig without a terminal, so it is waiting for user input, and the user can't see it. That would mean the generated configuration is incorrect, try to run the make oldconfig by hand and copying the generated config again.

Year 2020, Round 24

Another batch of kernel updates has been scheduled for release Monday, 13 April 2020, at approximately 12:00, GMT.

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

There will be 38 patches in the 5.6.4 update, 44 in 5.5.17, 41 in 5.4.32, 54 in 4.19.115, 38 in 4.14.176, 32 in 4.9.219 and, finally, 29 patches in the 4.4.219 update.

The details:

5.6.4-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.1/03252.html

5.5.17-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.1/03282.html

5.4.32-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.1/03284.html

4.19.115-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.1/03141.html

4.14.176-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.1/03129.html

4.9.219-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.1/03097.html

4.4.219-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.1/03343.html

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5.7-rc1

Release Candidate 1, for the most recent "mainline" development kernel, version 5.7, has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.7-rc1.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.1/04252.html


Here are a couple of articles about the new features to be found in the 5.7 kernel,

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

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...ntal-SMB3-Swap

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Exciting for me will be the new and improved exFAT file-system implementation. I have a fancy high speed sdcard in my digital camera and I was excited enough when the original support landed in the kernel. Now I have an actual good reason to track the newest kernel

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5.4.32 has been released

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Kernel updates 5.6.4, 5.5.17, 5.4.32, 4.19.115, 4.14.176, 4.9.219 and 4.4.219 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.6.4

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.5.17

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.32

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.19.115

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.176

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.219

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.219


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

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Year 2020, Round 25

Another batch of kernel updates has been scheduled for release Saturday, 18 April 2020, at approximately 13:00, GMT.

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

There will be 254 patches in the 5.6.5 update, 257 in 5.5.18, 232 in 5.4.33 and 146 patches in the 4.19.116 update.

The details:

5.6.5-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.2/01326.html

5.5.18-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.2/01676.html

5.4.33-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.2/00900.html

4.19.116-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...4.2/01798.html

Have you tried the 5.7-rc1 kernel? Were you able to boot?

The full story is here, https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...Post-EFI-Fixed