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Kernel prepatch 5.9-rc8

([Kernel] Oct 4, 2020 23:23 UTC (Sun) (corbet))


The [1]eighth and presumably final 5.9 prepatch is out for testing. " So things have been pretty calm, and rc8 is fairly small. I'm still waiting for a networking pull with some fixes, so it's not like I could have made a final 5.9 release even if I had wanted to, but there was nothing scary going on this past week, and it all feels ready for a final 5.9 next weekend. "



[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/833476/

The common cormorant, or shag,
Lays eggs inside a paper bag;
The reason, you will see, no doubt,
Is to keep the lightning out.
But what these unobservant birds
Have failed to notice is that herds
Of bears may come with buns
And steal the bags to hold the crumbs.