14 DAY TRIAL // The latest version of the stable Linux kernel, 3.14.7, has been announced by Greg Kroah-Hartman, but this time the update is a little bit smaller than the previous ones.
Linux kernel 3.14.7 is no longer the most advanced version of the kernel, after the release of the 3.15 branch, but the two releases are quite different. 3.14 is considered stable and 3.15 is considered mainline.
It's going to be a while until the 3.15 branch becomes stable, so this means that the current version is still the go-to kernel for users and developers who want an upgrade. It's also interesting to note that the new version is a little bit smaller than the previous one, but it's not something out of the ordinary.
“I'm announcing the release of the 3.14.7 kernel. All users of the 3.14 kernel series must upgrade.”
“The updated 3.14.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.14.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;a=summary,” Greg Kroah-Hartman said in the email announcement.
According to the changelog, runtime suspend loops are now avoided for HCDs that can't handle suspend/resume, non-VGA class pci devices with ATRM are now handled correctly, resume fixes for some systems have been implemented (drm/radeon), support has been added for the Novatel E371 PCIe card, a bug that could have affected the SOR0's clock setup has been fixed, GART for CPU accessed buffers is now available, C0 tracking has been removed (intel_pstate), and the error handling in the ipu device registration is now much better.
Also, a NovaTech OrionLXm product ID has been added, the queued trim for Crucial M500 has been blacklisted, a race between start and stop queue has been fixed (virtio_blk), NAND on OMAP2 and OMAP3 boards have been repaired, and silent output on ASUS A8JN has been fixed.
If you are using any of the versions released until now in the Linux kernel 3.14.x branch, you should consider an update to this build. It's also a good idea to try the new 3.15 kernel, although it hasn't been deemed stable yet.
Linux kernel 3.14 features, among other things, better Intel Broadwell graphics support, various Radeon improvements, Nouveau improvements (support for new GPUs from NVIDIA), quite a few Btrfs changes, and even NVIDIA Tegra PRIME support.
A complete list of commits in this branch of the kernel can be found in the official announcement. You can download Linux kernel 3.14.7 right now from Softpedia.