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Do as Greg sayss [1]: > All users of the 4.9 kernel series must upgrade. Changes for Linux 4.9.13 [2][3]: > Immediately after announcing the release of the first maintenance update > to the Linux 4.10 kernel series, renowned kernel maintainer Greg > Kroah-Hartman announced the availability of the Linux 4.9.13 and 4.4.52 > LTS kernels. > > This is a bit unexpected because it's been only three days since the > Linux 4.9.12 and 4.4.51 LTS kernels have been released, so you can > imagine that the changes implemented in today's Linux kernel 4.9.13, > which was finally marked as longterm on kernel.org, and Linux kernel > 4.4.52 LTS are kept to a minimum. According to their appended shortlogs, > a total of 31 files were changed in Linux 4.9.13 LTS, with 365 > insertions and 122 deletions, and 24 files in Linux 4.4.52 LTS, with 218 > insertions and 121 deletions. > > "I'm announcing the release of the 4.9.13 [and 4.4.52] kernel. All users > of the 4.9 [and 4.4.y] kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.9.y git > tree can be found at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git > linux-4.9.y > > and the updated 4.4.y git tree can be found at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git > linux-4.4.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," > said Greg Kroah-Hartman. > > ### Various networking improvements, updated drivers ### > > Both Linux 4.9.13 and 4.4.52 LTS kernels include a bunch of updated USB > (ark3116, cp210x, mos7840, spcp8x5, opticon, and ftdi_sio), networking > (Realtek rtlwifi, Mellanox mlx5 Ethernet), RTC and TTY drivers. A couple > of small fixes have been implemented for the x86 architecture and XFS > file system, and the networking stack was updated with various Datagram > Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP), IrDA (Infrared Data Association), > kernel connection multiplexer (KCM), Logical Link Control (LLC), and > Netfilter improvements. > > If you're using a GNU/Linux distribution powered by a kernel from the > long-term supported Linux 4.9 or 4.4 series, you are urged to update as > soon as possible to the Linux kernel 4.9.13 LTS or Linux kernel 4.4.52 > LTS, which you can download from the stable repositories of your > operating system when they become available there. OS vendors using > these kernels are also urged to download the source tarballs right now > from kernel.org or via our website and update their systems. [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/2/26/46 [2] http://news.softpedia.com/news/linux-kernels-4-9-13-and-4-4-52-lts-bring-updated-usb-drivers-networking-fixes-513333.shtml [3] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.13
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