On 08/04/18 09:03 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
So I looked on my desktop running 42.3 with all the latest updates, and this is my kernel: > uname -r 4.4.120-45-default
Heavily patched.
Indeed. I've never been quite sure where to draw the line between 'patching' and 'changing'. it's all very well to say that earlier version have patches, but that begs the question: why stay with the earlier version rather than upgrade? Somewhere along the like some organizational and structural changes are made to the kernel. I don't regularly read the kernel blogs, but on the occasions I have I see notes about changes in that second number that do more than just clear up minor as well as 'interesting' bugs. I've seen changes in buffering, changes in network performance that have come about by non-trivial changes. Can these be back-patched to 4.4? I'm sure they can, but why? There is kernel:stable.
date; uname -r Thu Apr 12 09:57:49 EDT 2018 4.16.1-1.gfc6541a-default
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.16-Released leads to .. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-416-changes&num=1 <quote> As of writing this morning, the Linux 4.16 merge window has brought changes to 11,329 files with 490,486 lines of code added and 304,188 lines of code deleted. In other words, the Linux 4.16 kernel will be heavier by about 186 thousand lines of code. </quote> That seems a lot to have to 'backport'. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.16-Best-Features And eventually to https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Seven-For-Linux-4.17 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.17-Idle-Loop-Power -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org