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Do as Greg says [1]: > All users of the 4.8 kernel series must upgrade. Changes for Linux 4.8.12 [2][3]: > A few moments ago, Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the release of the > twelfth maintenance update of the Linux 4.8 kernel series, as well as > the availability of Linux kernel 4.4.36 LTS. > > Only five days have passed since the release of Linux kernel 4.8.11, > which most GNU/Linux distributions that are using the latest and most > advanced Linux 4.8 branch did not even receive, as is the case of Solus > and openSUSE Tumbleweed, and Linux kernel 4.8.12 is already here, which > means that OS maintainers need to re-compile the new version, tweak it > for their supported architectures, and push it to the repos. > > However, according to the appended shortlog and the diff since Linux > kernel 4.8.11, it looks like Linux kernel 4.8.12 changes a total of 52 > files, with 390 insertions and 204 deletions, which means that it's not > a major update. There are mostly architecture improvements for PA-RISC, > PowerPC (PPC), Tile, and x86, updated drivers, and a few networking > changes. > > "I'm announcing the release of the 4.8.12 kernel. All users of the 4.8 > kernel series must upgrade," said Greg Kroah-Hartman. "The updated 4.8.y > git tree can be found at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git > linux-4.8.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary." > > "Users of the Linux 4.8 kernel series are urged to update" > > DAX, IOMMU, MMC, SCSI, Intel PowerClamp Thermal, and USB are among the > updated drivers included in the Linux 4.8.12 kernel release. The > array-bounds warning has been hidden for the NFS file system, and the > networking stack was updated with a couple of wireless improvements. It > looks like there's also an AppArmor change for improved security, a few > KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) changes, and a mm fix. > > If you're using a GNU/Linux distribution powered by a kernel from the > Linux 4.8 series, you are urged to update to today's Linux kernel 4.8.12 > point release as soon as possible, or more precisely as soon as it lands > in the stable repositories of your favorite operating system. OS vendors > and power users can download the Linux 4.8.12 kernel source archive > right now from kernel.org or via our website. [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/708004/ [2] http://news.softpedia.com/news/linux-kernel-4-8-12-released-brings-pa-risc-powerpc-and-x86-improvements-510685.shtml [3] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12
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