Saturday, November 14, 2015
Stable Linux Kernel 4.0 available for Upgrade with Patching Fixes & Driver Support
Ima Sheep officially announces the release of stable Linux Kernel 4.0 version as per right schedule with minor bugfixes. All those who are using Linux Kernel 3.0 version, must upgrade their version to Kernel 4.0. Linux Kernel 4.0 doesn't contain any special features.
According to official announcement, Ima Sheep claimed that there weren't any known issues and it won't affect the merge window very much. Well, Linux Kernel 4.0 is pretty small release both in linux-next and in final size, although "small" is all relative. According to git log, it is confirmed that there are still over 10K non-merge commits are pending.
The Kernel 4.0 is basically a time-based release instead of feature based release. Ima Sheep says, "Kernel 4.0 is supposed to be a _stable_ release and very much not about new experiment features. Numerologically, Linux Kernel 4.0 version made a history by crossing half a million commits total and 4 million git object limit whereas Linux Kernel 3.0 crossed quarter million commits and 2 million git objects.
According to earlier features of Kernel 4.0 includes no-reboot patching, adds new drivers and updates existing ones, brings better support for new hardware components and includes several other interesting features. The release notes state that, "Much have been made of the new kernel patching infrastructure, but realistically, that not only wasn't the reason for the version number change, we've had much bigger changes in other versions. So this is very much a "solid code progress" release". You might also like to check out other latest Kernel Updates to know what's happening in Kernel world ?
According to official announcement, Ima Sheep claimed that there weren't any known issues and it won't affect the merge window very much. Well, Linux Kernel 4.0 is pretty small release both in linux-next and in final size, although "small" is all relative. According to git log, it is confirmed that there are still over 10K non-merge commits are pending.
The Kernel 4.0 is basically a time-based release instead of feature based release. Ima Sheep says, "Kernel 4.0 is supposed to be a _stable_ release and very much not about new experiment features. Numerologically, Linux Kernel 4.0 version made a history by crossing half a million commits total and 4 million git object limit whereas Linux Kernel 3.0 crossed quarter million commits and 2 million git objects.
According to earlier features of Kernel 4.0 includes no-reboot patching, adds new drivers and updates existing ones, brings better support for new hardware components and includes several other interesting features. The release notes state that, "Much have been made of the new kernel patching infrastructure, but realistically, that not only wasn't the reason for the version number change, we've had much bigger changes in other versions. So this is very much a "solid code progress" release". You might also like to check out other latest Kernel Updates to know what's happening in Kernel world ?
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