Feature changed by: Peter Gumbrell (gumb) Feature #310646, revision 10 Title: Kernel 2.6.37 for opensuse 11.4 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: jimbo bigcreed (dimble_thricefoon) Description: I realise we are using a time based release, and no longer chase feature releases, but 2.6.37 will have some very interesting technologies according to phoronix: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODYyMw "we can start getting excited for the Linux 2.6.37 kernel (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=search&q=Linux+2.6.37) and its exciting new features: DisplayLink driver enhancements (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODUyMg) , improved desktop responsiveness (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODU0OQ) , Broadcom's open-source driver (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODU4Mg) , improved Radeon Evergreen DRM (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODU4Mw) , and Intel Linux DRM improvements (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODYyMQ) ." If 2.6.36 is due mid-Oct, then we can expect 2.6.37 to arrive Mid-Late January, surely this is not too late for 11.4 which is expected Late- Feb to Early-March? Kind regards Discussion: #1: Richard Colvin (allianux) (2010-09-29 14:11:57) It will be a great pitty if the 2.6.37 kernel is not included. This is the kernel to get working on a new desktop OS! #5: 6tr6tr 6tr6tr (6tr6tr) (2010-10-04 18:13:51) (reply to #1) THIS ( Broadcom's open-source driver (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODU4Mg) ) alone is reason enough! #2: Jose Ricardo De Leon Solis (derhundchen) (2010-09-29 20:45:03) I also agree we should ship kernel 2.6.37. Version 2.6.36 should be ready soon enough, so version 2.6.37 should be ready at least in late january, a month and a half before openSUSE 11.4 is released. #3: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) (2010-10-03 10:05:20) 11.4-RC1 is scheduled for 2010-02-10 so depending on the actual 2.6.37 timing, there might not be much time for integration+testing which is bad for stability. And with me being one of the testers, I would like to see a stable release. #4: Greg Freemyer (gregfreemyer) (2010-10-04 17:51:42) One of the big features listed for 2.6.37 is a new broadcom driver. I would guess it could be backported to 2.6.36 relatively easily. So if 2.6.37 doesn't get into 11.4, I hope the broadcom driver is backported. Especially since it is brand new, it should not cause any reversion issues. + #6: Peter Gumbrell (gumb) (2010-10-05 11:38:16) (reply to #4) + I read a lot of openSUSE reviews and the complications involving the + Broadcom driver are one of the most frequent bugbears that causes the + distro to receive criticism, even though that may not be SUSE's fault. + Along with other possible items that may just miss the boat such as KDE + 4.6 (see the Linux Action Show + (http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?p=2911) edition from 03/10/10 + where they rue the apparent fallback to KDE 4.5 and missing of GNOME 3 + in the upcoming openSUSE 11.4, which I'm not even sure is true) it may + be worth considering the early March release date loosely and letting + it slip by a week or two if necessary to get some of these important + updates in. People argue this every time with every SUSE release, but + on this occasion I think it could well be in the distro's best + interests as there's a flurry of things that might not make it by a + whisker. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310646