New kernels

[xeno74]

BTW Fienix server is down

Hi, it was down for maintenance but should have been back up yesterday.

[xeno74]

Preparation of the RC2 of kernel 6.8:

New:

• Linux 6.8-rc2 Released & Is Now More Stable -- phoronix.com
• 6.8-rc2 announcement
• DRM fixes
• Networking fixes
• NFSd fixes
• XFS fix
• fbdev: stifb: Fix crash in stifb_blank()
• ATA fixes
• Block fixes
• Media fixes
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.8

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the RC2 of kernel 6.8 for testing.

New:

• Linux 6.8-rc2 Released & Is Now More Stable -- phoronix.com
• 6.8-rc2 announcement
• DRM fixes
• Networking fixes
• NFSd fixes
• XFS fix
• fbdev: stifb: Fix crash in stifb_blank()
• ATA fixes
• Block fixes
• Media fixes
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.8

Download: linux-image-6.8-rc2-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the RC3 of kernel 6.8 for the X1000 and X5000 today.

New:

• Linux 6.8-rc3 Released - Slightly Larger But Not Too Worrying — phoronix.com
• 6.8-rc3 announcement
• SCSI fixes
• NVMe fixes
• Netfilter fixes (netfilter tables - iptables-nft)
• HID fixes (including Logitech update)
• DRM fixes (including VirtIO-GPU fix)
• XFS fixes
• USB driver fixes
• PCI fixes
• Sound fixes (including various HD-audio and USB-audio fixes and quirks)
• powerpc: iommu: Bring back table group release_ownership() call (An Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) is an MMU component that connects
  a DMA-capable I/O bus to the system memory. It assigns device-protected virtual addresses to physical addresses so that they are useful in virtualization.)
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.8

Download: linux-image-6.8-rc3-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test,

Christian

[musa]

Hi
Vmlinux-6.8_rc3 running with Debian trixie 32 .

Have a nice day

[xeno74]

Hi
Vmlinux-6.8_rc3 running with Debian trixie 32 .

Have a nice day

Great! Thanks a lot for testing the RC3! Have a nice day too.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the RC4 of kernel 6.8 for testing.

New:

• Linux 6.8-rc4 Released With Bcachefs & NTFS3 File-System Fixes, Transmeta Crusoe Fix -- phoronix.com
• 6.8-rc4 announcement
• Block fixes (including NVMe fixes)
• Firewire fix
• SCSI fixes
• NTFS3 fixes
• MMC fixes
• Networking fixes
• NFSd fix
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.8

Download: linux-image-6.8-rc4-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test,

Christian

[xeno74]

FYI: Linux 6.9 Set To Drop The Old NTFS File-System Driver

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the RC5 of kernel 6.8 for the X1000 and X5000 today.

New:

• Linux 6.8-rc5 Released With Documented Process For CVE Security Vulnerabilities -- phoronix.com
• 6.8-rc5 announcement
• PowerPC fixes 6.8-3 (including e5500/e6500 fix)
• USB / Thunderbolt fixes
• PCI fixes
• Block fixes (NVMe fixes)
• Sound fixes
• Networking fixes
• HID fixes (including Logitech fixes)
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.8

Download: linux-image-6.8-rc5-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the RC6 of kernel 6.8 for testing.

New:

• Linux 6.8-rc6 Released: This Kernel May Need An Extra Week For Testing -- phoronix.com
• 6.8-rc6 announcement
• PowerPC fixes 6.8-4
• USB fixes
• SCSI fixes
• ATA fixes
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.8

Download: linux-image-6.8-rc6-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian