[arch-general] What's the holdup on Linux 3.18?

[Leonid Isaev]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 01:51:36PM +0000, Mauro Santos wrote:
> On 08-01-2015 00:00, Mark Lee wrote:
> > Salutations,
> > 
> > I was wondering what's the holdup on Linux 3.18. It's been in testing
> > since 12/11/2014.
> 
> 
> I suppose the reason is this:
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43143?string=43143

Strange, is that an issue specific to Intel atom GPUs? I have not seen any
problems on a dual Intel (Ci7 4800) and AMD graphics machine. Anyway, it is
easy enough to just download and install the linux package directly, even if
[testing] is disabled.

BTW, to those updating, one notable (at least from my perspective) change with
3.18.y is the new module br_netfilter responsible for filtering traffic coming
through a bridge. This module is not loaded automatically, so no firewall is
enabled by default in bridges. Here is a dmesg snippet:
---
kernel: [   23.690774] bridge: automatic filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables has
been deprecated. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this.
---

Cheers,
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Leonid Isaev
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