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  • Linux 4.18-rc6

    So this was the week when the other shoe dropped ... The reason the
    two previous rc releases were so nice and small was that David hadn't
    sent me much networking fixes, and they came in this week.

    That said, it's not really a huge rc this week either, so it's all
    good. But the networking pull this week does mean that almost exactly
    half of the diff is core networking, network drivers, or networking
    documentation updates.

    The rest is other drivers (mostly gpu, but also scsi, nvma, pci,
    pinctrl..), some arch updates (arc, x86, nds32, powerpc), and "misc"
    (tooling, header files, some vm and fs noise).

    The small but nasty VM bug we had earlier did indeed get fixed last
    rc, but there was some 32-bit fallout from the fix, so rc5 still had
    issues. But I'm hopeful that rc6 _really_ fixed all the cases.

    Shortlog appended for people who want to just get an overview of the details,

    Linus

  • Linux 4.18-rc6 Kernel Released With Many Networking Fixes, Other Regressions Resolved

    The sixth weekly test release of the Linux 4.18 kernel is now available for evaluation.

    Linux 4.18-rc6 is prior than the two previous weekly release candidates since those versions hadn't incorporated any big batch of networking fixes, which hit this week. So about half of the changes are networking changes in Linux 4.18-rc6 while the other half is a mix of driver and architecture updates along with other noise.

Linux 4.18-RC6 Brings Network and Driver Fixes

  • Linux 4.18-RC6 Brings Network and Driver Fixes Including 32-Bit VM Fallout Fix

    Linux users can now evaluate the sixth weekly test release of the Linux 4.18 kernel, titled Linux 4.18-rc6. This release brings a lot of networking fixes and resolves some other issues with previous releases, as the team focuses on bringing us closer to a stable kernel release.

    Most of the changes in Linux 4.18-rc6 revolve around networking fixes, but also driver and architecture updates, and a handful of other improvements. This includes fixes to GPU drivers, SCSI, NVMA, PCI, PinCTRL, arch updates to Arc, x86, NDS32, PowerPC, and also miscellaneous fixes for header files, VM and FS noise.

    The changelog is pretty massive with a lot of commits from various testers and developers, so read through the changelog on the kernel mailing list if you want a complete overview of what has been updated.

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