New kernels

[musa]

Hi
Debian trixie/sid 64 ppc with kernel vmlinux-6.7_rc8
have a nice day

[xeno74]

Hi
Debian trixie/sid 64 ppc with kernel vmlinux-6.7_rc8
have a nice day

Thank you for testing the RC8! Have a nice day too.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

The final kernel 6.7 is available. Many thanks to Skateman, Kilaueabart, Musa, and Trevor for testing the alphas and release candidates.

New:

• Linux Kernel 6.7 Officially Released - And It's a Big One! -- omgubuntu.co.uk
• Linux 6.7 Set For Release With Bcachefs File-System, Intel Meteor Lake Graphics In Good Shape -- phoronix.com
• Linux 6.7 Released With Bcachefs, Intel Meteor Lake In Good Shape & Nouveau GSP Support -- phoronix.com
• 6.7 final announcement
• NFSd fix
• MMC fixes
• Networking fixes (including VirtIO net fix)
• Sound fixes
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.7

Download: linux-image-6.7-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Cheers,
Christian

[musa]

Hi
Fienix running with vmlinux-6.7

have a nice day

[xeno74]

Hi
Fienix running with vmlinux-6.7

have a nice day

Thanks a lot for testing! Have a nice day too.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

The merge window for the kernel 6.8 has been started and here is the first alpha for testing.

New:

• XFS Online Repair Picks Up More Features With Linux 6.8 -- phoronix.com
• Linux 6.8 Network Optimizations Can Boost TCP Performance For Many Concurrent Connections By ~40% -- phoronix.com
• Linux 6.8 HID: Steam Controller Driver Fixes From SteamOS, Nintendo NSO Controller Support -- phoronix.com
• Linux 6.8 Landing A Tantalizing Optimization For Common $PATH-Based Searches -- phoronix.com
• PowerPC updates 6.8-1
• X1000: pas_shutdown update
• XFS updates
• EXT4 updates
• NFS client updates
• NFSd updates
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.8

Download: linux-image-6.8-alpha1-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test the alpha1.

Thanks,
Christian

[musa]

Hi
Debian 32 trixie/sid running with vmlinux-6.8_appha1

Have a nice day

[xeno74]

Hi
Debian 32 trixie/sid running with vmlinux-6.8_appha1

Have a nice day

Great! Thanks a lot for testing!

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the second alpha of kernel 6.8 for the X1000 and X5000 today.

New:

• QEMU e5500: virtio_gpu_fbdev_v2.patch because of the issue with the DRM framebuffer
• EXFAT updates
• HID updates
• Media updates (including BTTV TV card updates)
• MMC updates
• DRM updates (Including Radeon and VirtIO GPU updates)
• SCSI updates (including SAS mpt3sas updates)
• ATA updates
• DMA mapping updates
• Networking updates
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.8

Download: linux-image-6.8-alpha2-X1000_X5000.tar.gz

Screenshot of the new alpha2 with BrassMonkey with Netscape logo.



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[musa]

Hi
Here is Debian ppc 64 Trixie/sid with vmlinux-6.8_alpha2.
On the desktop, Grams is running. I use it for genealogical research.
Have a nice day.