Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Greg K Hartman announces stable Linux Kernel 3.16.1 with Minor Changes
Greg Kroah Hartman officially announces the release of stable Linux Kernel 3.16.1 with new and enhanced features. Well according to kernel team, this release is the most advanced Kernel version available for all Linux Distros. As you know that Linus Torvalds already announces 7 release candidates under Kernel 3.16 series and now Hartman announces the stable release with fixed issues. Also, review recent Kernel News to know what's new in 3.16 series ?
According to official announcement made by Greg K Hartman, "I'm announcing the release of the 3.16.1 kernel. All users of the 3.16 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.16.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.16.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary".
This is the first stable release under Kernel 3.16 series and contains minor changes and bug fixes. The upcoming stable version will include all the proposed features of Linux Kernel 3.16 series. We have enlisted some of the fixes below in this article. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.
List of Fixes Made in Linux Kernel 3.16.1
- arch/sparc/math-emu/math_32.c: drop stray break operator.
- bbc-i2c: Fix BBC I2C envctrl on SunBlade 2000.
- sunsab: Fix detection of BREAK on sunsab serial console.
- ip_tunnel(ipv4): fix tunnels with "local any remote $remote_ip".
- sctp: fix possible seqlock seadlock in sctp_packet_transmit().
- Revert "net: phy: Set the driver when registering an MDIO bus device".
- bna: fix performance regression.
- tg3: Modify tg3_tso_bug() to handle multiple TX rings.
- iovec: make sure the caller actually wants anything in memcpy_fromiovecend.
- sparc64: ldc_connect() should not return EINVAL when handshake is in progress.
- batman-adv: Fix out-of-order fragmentation support.
These are some of the major fixes which are made in Linux Kernel 3.16.1 release. If you wish then you could check out complete list of bug fixes on their official changelog page.
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According to official announcement made by Greg K Hartman, "I'm announcing the release of the 3.16.1 kernel. All users of the 3.16 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.16.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.16.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary".
This is the first stable release under Kernel 3.16 series and contains minor changes and bug fixes. The upcoming stable version will include all the proposed features of Linux Kernel 3.16 series. We have enlisted some of the fixes below in this article. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.
List of Fixes Made in Linux Kernel 3.16.1
- arch/sparc/math-emu/math_32.c: drop stray break operator.
- bbc-i2c: Fix BBC I2C envctrl on SunBlade 2000.
- sunsab: Fix detection of BREAK on sunsab serial console.
- ip_tunnel(ipv4): fix tunnels with "local any remote $remote_ip".
- sctp: fix possible seqlock seadlock in sctp_packet_transmit().
- Revert "net: phy: Set the driver when registering an MDIO bus device".
- bna: fix performance regression.
- tg3: Modify tg3_tso_bug() to handle multiple TX rings.
- iovec: make sure the caller actually wants anything in memcpy_fromiovecend.
- sparc64: ldc_connect() should not return EINVAL when handshake is in progress.
- batman-adv: Fix out-of-order fragmentation support.
These are some of the major fixes which are made in Linux Kernel 3.16.1 release. If you wish then you could check out complete list of bug fixes on their official changelog page.
Keep reading and stay tuned with us to get latest software news. Don't forget to subscribe us and share your reviews about this post among other readers via comments.
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