Greg Kroah-Hartman Stretches Support Periods for Key Linux LTS Kernels

(fossforce.com)

28 points by brideoflinux3 days ago

2 comments

jauntywundrkind1 hour ago
Are we seeing Android phones upgrade their kernels yet? This Samsung S22 is still on 5.10. I thought that part of the idea for Android GKI was that phones would start getting kernel upgrades. But I'm not sure if that's actually happening.<p>I wish there was more pressure for this. Especially as Android Virtualization Framework starts really arriving & being useful, having a more modern kernel could be a very nice help, could offer neat new capabilities.
- rstat13 minutes ago
  Google did it with the Tensor-powered Pixels a while back, from w/e they shipped with to 6.1
- b1121 hour ago
  Why would there be a need to upgrade the kernel? Security updates are often backported, so it can still be 5.10 but patched...
  - the_biot49 minutes ago
    It could be, but are vendors actually upgrading kernels along with firmware updates? In my experience it's more like, ship 5+ year old kernel and then forget it forever.
- Palomides1 hour ago
  there's basically zero intersection between mainline linux version support timelines and android kernels as deployed on phones
brideoflinux3 days ago
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- seanhunter1 hour ago
  We neither need, nor benefit from this precis, which is longer than the headline but contains no additional information and insight. On hn people are encouraged to read tfa for themselves.
  - zahlman37 minutes ago
    If you have showdead on, that user's comment history is rather full of this sort of thing. Seemingly restarted half a year ago, but with similar conduct in the pre-LLM era as well.
  - kunley1 hour ago
    Actually, as the article falls into that "ad begging" category and requires time-consuming disabling of tracking, I can understand why someone posts a summary.
  - ThePowerOfFuet1 hour ago
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