All users of 3.19 kernel series must update immediately

May 8, 2015 00:08 GMT  ·  By

Shortly after having announced the release of Linux kernel 4.0.2, which is currently the most advanced stable branch of Linux kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman also announced the immediate availability for download and upgrade of the seventh maintenance version of Linux 3.19 kernel.

According to the tremendous changelog, Linux kernel 3.19.7 is one of the biggest maintenance versions for the 3.19 kernel series, which is currently used in numerous distributions of GNU/Linux, including Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) and its flavors.

"I'm announcing the release of the 3.19.7 kernel. All users of the 3.19 kernel series must upgrade," says Greg Kroah-Hartman. "The updated 3.19.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.19.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."

Here's what's new in Linux kernel 3.19.7

Linux kernel 3.19.7 brings improvements in various areas, including architectures (ARM, ARM64, C6x, MIPS, PowerPC, s390, x86, and Xtensa), a significant number of updated drivers, especially for ACPI, Bluetooth, CLK, Intel i915, I2C, InfiniBand, MFD, MMC, MD, NFC, Ethernet, SCSI, and USB devices.

In addition to the architecture improvements and updated drivers, there are fixes for the Btrfs, EXT4, and NFS filesystems, some IPv4 enhancements, KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) improvements, as well as sound fixes. For more details about what exactly has been changed in Linux kernel 3.19.7, we recommend reading the attached shortlog.

Download Linux kernel 3.19.7 sources right now via Softpedia or from kernel.org. However, most users should wait for their distribution vendors to update the Linux 3.19 kernel packages and release them through the default software repositories.