The latest Linux kernel in the 3.0.x branch can be downloaded from Softpedia

Apr 8, 2013 07:16 GMT  ·  By

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.0.72 LTS.

This latest version in the 3.0.x branch comes might not have the glamor of other releases, but the developers added a lot of fixes and changes. Some of the patches were made by another kernel maintainer, Ben Hutchings.

Highlights of Linux kernel 3.0.72 LTS:

• The soft interrupt handling is no disable during efx_device_detach_sync(); • The location of the timestamp option is stored; • Unusual_devs entry for Samsung YP-Z3 mp3 player have been added; • Siena mac statistics have been fixed on big endian platforms.

“I'm announcing the release of the 3.0.72 kernel. All users of the 3.0 kernel series should upgrade.

“The updated 3.0.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.0.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git,” said Greg Kroah-Hartman in the email announcement.

Users of the Linux kernel 3.0.x branch are urged to update to the new version as soon as possible in order to fix any issues.

Download Linux kernel 3.0.72 LTS right now from Softpedia.