[arch-general] About linux 4.8 and 4.9...

[Phil Wyett]

On Mon, 2017-01-09 at 12:06 +0100, fredbezies via arch-general wrote:
> Sorry to reply to Phil Wyet this way. I enabled digest mode for arch-
> general.
> 
> You won't see soon linux 4.9.x in core because it is kinda rotten
> with
> some Intel CPUs.
> 
> You cannot get it to boot on some intel CPUs like an old T4200 or
> younger ones.
> 
> See these bugs reports :
> 
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/52246
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/52271
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/52243
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/52238
> 
> Two bugs - and maybe more - are opened on kernel bug tracker :
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192111
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191801
> 
> Looks like linux 4.9 won't be a LTS version at all...
> 
> I own three computers. Because of intel CPU regression in 4.9.xx,
> both
> my asus eeePC and my Toshiba Laptop are booting on linux 4.4.xx LTS.
> 
> Only my main desktop computer which is using an Athlon X2-215 is
> booting on linux 4.9.x.
> 

Hi,

Thanks for the info and bug links.

I have my own issue with 4.9 on a particular machine running an Intel
Celeron G550 and has Radeon 7700 graphics. I happily ran kernel 4.8.13
with xorg-server, ati driver (radeon) and mesa from testing. The fun
came when I added kernel 4.9.1 and during use I got fullscreen RGB
noise and an underlay square cursor representation. Only recovery from
that was reset button.

Does this mean we will see 4.8.16 being built and pushed out to users?

Regards

Phil

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