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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org