News: 0000833234

  ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

A new crop of stable kernels

([Kernel] Oct 1, 2020 17:04 UTC (Thu) (jake))


The [1]5.8.13 , [2]5.4.69 , [3]4.19.149 , [4]4.14.200 , and [5]4.4.238 stable kernels have been released. Note that 4.9.238 was in the review cycle with the rest of these kernels but needed a [6]respin due to some test failures, so it will be released on or after October 3. As usual, all five of the released kernels have fixes throughout the tree; users should upgrade.



[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/833236/

[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/833237/

[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/833238/

[4] https://lwn.net/Articles/833239/

[5] https://lwn.net/Articles/833240/

[6] https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/20201001091034.685078175@linuxfoundation.org/

In the olden days in England, you could be hung for stealing a sheep or a
loaf of bread. However, if a sheep stole a loaf of bread and gave it to
you, you would only be tried for receiving, a crime punishable by forty
lashes with the cat or the dog, whichever was handy. If you stole a dog
and were caught, you were punished with twelve rabbit punches, although it
was hard to find rabbits big enough or strong enough to punch you.
-- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"