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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/

When I drink, *everybody* drinks!" a man shouted to the assembled bar patrons.
A loud general cheer went up. After downing his whiskey, he hopped onto a
barstool and shouted "When I take another drink, *everybody* takes another
drink!" The announcement produced another cheer and another round of drinks.
As soon as he had downed his second drink, the fellow hopped back
onto the stool. "And when I pay," he bellowed, slapping five dollars onto
the bar, "*everybody* pays!"