5.17.0-rc4 is out

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.17-rc4.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.1/06635.html

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Of course not, I'm dumb, because it's related to bluez ...

Year 2022, Round 12.

Another batch of updates has been scheduled for release on Wednesday, 16 February 2022, at approximately 09:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Tuesday (depending on your time zone).

The details:

5.16.10-rc1, with 203 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.1/07676.html

5.15.24-rc1, with 172 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.1/07509.html

5.10.101-rc1, with 116 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.1/07397.html

5.4.180-rc1, with 71 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.1/07289.html

4.19.230-rc1, with 49 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.1/07238.html

4.14.267-rc1, with 44 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.1/07198.html

4.9.302-rc1, with 34 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.1/07148.html

Kernel updates 5.16.10, 5.15.24, 5.10.101, 5.4.180, 4.19.230, 4.14.267 and 4.9.302 are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.16.10

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.15.24

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-5.10.101

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.4.180

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.19.230

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.267

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.302

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5.16.10 doing what it should and using Nvidia-510.54

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5.17-rc5
Release Candidate 5, for the 5.17 "mainline" development kernel has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.17-rc5.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/04667.html

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5.16.10 on slackware64-14.2 is running fine (4 days uptime now) with nvidia 340.108 + patches from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-340xx. My card is a GeForce GT 240, about 12 years old now.

Xorg server 1.20.x (slackware64-15.0) is supposed to work with nvidia 340.108 + patches on linux kernel 5.15.y. Is anyone running this combination, and is it stable? I'd prefer to hear that it works before I upgrade to Slackware64-15.0 or -current. It would be nice if nvidia would just make a 340.109 release that brings in those patches and more support, maybe for xorg 1.21.x. I like slackare-current right now, but I'm afraid it will suddenly move to xorg 1.21.
edit: the new version is 21.1, they flipped the numbers

5.16.11-rc1 & Co. reviews are out

Year 2022, Round 13.

Another batch of updates has been scheduled for release on Wednesday, 23 February 2022, at approximately 09:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Tuesday (depending on your time zone).

The details:

5.16.11-rc1, with 227 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/05760.html

5.15.25-rc1, with 196 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/05542.html

5.10.102-rc1, with 121 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/05416.html

5.4.181-rc1, with 80 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/05317.html

4.19.231-rc1, with 58 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/05257.html

4.14.268-rc1, with 45 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/05236.html

4.9.303-rc1, with 33 patches, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...2.2/05157.html

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What would a test consist of, by testers testing a kernel release candidate? I'm quite happy to report feedback as in http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2021/0...rnel-releases/ but I'm seeking advice here first.

I got as far as this, and to the untrained eye it seems to behave - I'm running Firefox and typing, that's not a bad start. I'm just wondering what might be considered adequate as a test harness.

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Here, I consider that a kernel works well when these below work well on my setup (AMD ryzen 7):
- wifi (intel AX200)
- bluetooth (intel AX200)
- amdgpu
- sound
- nfs, samba
- hibernate
And, ditto after resume
note: of course, other stuff like keyboard, touchpad, etc ...

I am also with kernel 5.17.0-rcX, the bluetooth still has problems after suspend/resume with 5.16. But as soon as this problem is fixed, I will stay on the one provided by Slackware.

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That's very useful, thank you marav. That sounds checkable within a couple of hours, which would make for a timely response.

The naming convention on 5.x-rcn needs 5.x.0-rcn for the modules and consequently for mkinitrd? Which differs from the normal kernel naming convention 5.x.y and 5.x.y-rcn? Or is that just me going astray. The extra .0 was unexpected at that point.

Right
"Mainline" kernels are always named like this : X.Y.0-rcZ
and Z goes from 1 to 7 (sometimes 8)

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5.16.11 et al. have been released

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