All users of the 3.14 kernel series must update

May 18, 2015 03:05 GMT  ·  By

On May 17, we announced that Linux kernel 4.0.4 and Linux kernel 3.10.79 LTS were available for download, but another important kernel was published on the same day - Linux kernel 3.14.43 LTS, which is currently used in various GNU/Linux distributions.

Greg Kroah-Hartman had the pleasure of announcing Linux kernel 3.14.43 LTS, a release that includes dozens of ARM and ARM64 (AArch64) improvements, fixes for that NILFS2 and OCFS2 filesystems, and an ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) fix.

Additionally, Linux kernel 3.14.43 LTS comes with improvements to KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and OSS (Open Sound System), as well as numerous updated drivers, notably for ACPI, GPU (Intel i915 and Radeon), InfiniBand, MD, MMC, TTY, Xen, and the PINCTRL (PIN CONTROL) subsystem.

"I'm announcing the release of the 3.14.43 kernel. All users of the 3.14 kernel series must upgrade," says Greg Kroah-Hartman in the mailinglist announcement. "The updated 3.14.y git tree can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary."

All users of the 3.14 kernel series are urged to update as soon as possible

As usual, Greg Kroah-Hartman recommends all users of the 3.14 kernel series to upgrade to the Linux kernel 3.14.43 LTS release as soon as the packages become available in the main software repositories of their Linux kernel-based operating systems.

Distribution vendors and experienced users can download Linux kernel 3.14.43 LTS right now from the kernel.org website or via Softpedia, and compile the kernel themselves. For more details about the issues that have been patched in this release, as well as the new features implemented, we suggest reading the complete release notes.