Estimate for Linux 6.11 to move from testing to core?
All, Devs, I've been watching https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/linux/-/issues to try and get a handle on when to expect the 6.11 kernel. I can't read the tea-leaves very well. Does anyone involved in the process have an estimate of when we should look for the new kernel to be released? I ask because I have one production box to update and want to set aside time in case I have to troubleshoot. Though thankfully, the 6.10 -> 6.11 update looks benign from a server standpoint. Are we just waiting on the i915 shadow frame-buffer issue or one of the other audio issues? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On 24/09/28 07:47PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
All, Devs,
I've been watching https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/linux/-/issues to try and get a handle on when to expect the 6.11 kernel. I can't read the tea-leaves very well.
The 6.11 mainline kernel releases are usually not moved to the stable repositories, instead most of the time the first stable gets pushed to the repos. The next stable is to be expected around today [0], so most likely after that the 6.11.1 kernel will make it to the repo once the packagers have time.
Does anyone involved in the process have an estimate of when we should look for the new kernel to be released? I ask because I have one production box to update and want to set aside time in case I have to troubleshoot. Though thankfully, the 6.10 -> 6.11 update looks benign from a server standpoint.
I mean you can just do that regardless of when the kernel is released :D
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Cheers, ~gromit [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240927121715.213013166@linuxfoundation.org/
FWIW • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ $ grep "6.10.10.arch1-1 -> 6.11.arch1-1" /var/log/pacman.log [2024-09-21T08:26:10+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux (6.10.10.arch1-1 -> 6.11.arch1-1) [2024-09-21T08:26:12+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux-docs (6.10.10.arch1-1 -> 6.11.arch1-1) [2024-09-21T08:26:13+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux-headers (6.10.10.arch1-1 -> 6.11.arch1-1) • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ $ uname -r; uptime 6.11.0-arch1-1 11:49:15 up 6 days, 22:28, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.09, 0.07 • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ $ hwinfo --cpu | grep Model | sort -u Model: 6.191.5 "13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-13100" • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-label/m1.archlinux ro threadirqs ibt=off ipv6.disable=1 • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ $ hwinfo --gfxcard | grep Modules Driver Modules: "i915" Used with one display and HDMI audio for nothing special, just emails, web browsers, desktop audio via HDMI and showing photos, watching videos etc., just Evolution hanged one time and required a restart, which was probably not related to the kernel.
On Sun, 2024-09-29 at 11:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
... etc., just Evolution hanged one time and required a restart, which was probably not related to the kernel.
Right - not the kernel. The evo problem is more likely the nasty little webkit bug [1] which leads to multiple webkits running. Exiting and restarting evolution periodically, until its fixed anyway, will avoid OOM killing off something (not necessarily evo if browser using more mem for example). I even wrote a little script (now in AUR) to simplify summing up the total memory consumed my all the webkit processes to helm me decide when to restart evo [1] See: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/evolution/-/issues... https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279914 -- Gene
On Sun, 2024-09-29 at 11:02 -0400, Genes Lists wrote:
On Sun, 2024-09-29 at 11:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
... etc., just Evolution hanged one time and required a restart, which was probably not related to the kernel.
Right - not the kernel.
Thank you for the information :)
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Christian Heusel
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David C. Rankin
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Genes Lists
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Ralf Mardorf