On 31 August 2016 at 10:31, Michal Kubecek
On Wednesday, 31 August 2016 9:53 Johannes Weberhofer wrote:
Currently the kernel version is 4.4.19. Is it planned to upgrade to a newer version?
Newer in the sense of 4.4.* stable updates, yes. Not in the sense of 4.x (with x > 4).
I'm asking because I have had problems with Kernels before 4.5 on new HP EliteDesk 2G machines regarding the display drivers (check https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974884 ). These problems were solved with kernel 4.6 and I have seen that some additional problems (there were some warnings in the journal which did not cause a visible effect) have been fixed with kernel 4.7.
First, having a 4.4 kernel in 42.2 doesn't mean fixes from 4.6 or 4.7 are not present. On the contrary, there is a lot of backports from later versions.
Second, if a particular fix is missing and it's not too intrusive, it can be backported. Opening if you file a bugreport.
I think upgrading the kernel would solve many problems for users with newer PCs or Laptops with the Haswell chipset.
...and introduce different problems for all users.
Michal Kubeček
Quoted in full because I couldn't have said it better myself.. +1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org