14 DAY TRIAL // Ben Hutchings announced yesterday, October 31, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.2.33.
Linux kernel 3.2.33 introduces a lot of various fixes, as well as driver improvements, network fixes, and improved Arch support.
Highlights of Linux kernel 3.2.33 LTS:
• ptrace interaction with force_successful_syscall_return() has been fixed; • Line counting in fb_write has been repaired; • Resets are misrouted for the TPC protocol; • New system added for Compliance Mode Patch on SN65LVPE502CP; • A crash that occurred when generating IPv6 packets has been repaired; • The usage of smp_processor_id() has been removed in pre-emptible code; • Lucid nohandoff pci quirk has been fixed in order to be more generic with BIOS versions; • The dmi check is now less strict; • More ZTE devices have been added to the kernel; • NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE is now allowed to be set from driver; • A problem caused by recent commit "Fix internal mic for Lenovo Ideapad U300s" has been fixed; • Bit twiddling in sparc_pmu_enable_event() has been repaired; • A case where STREAMOFF being called on stopped stream caused BUG() has been fixed; • race-condition protection for ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_endio has been implemented; • Updated AR9003 tx gain table for 5GHz; • The GPE storm threshold is now a module parameter; • DMA mask quirk for Marvell 88E8001 on ASUS P5NSLI motherboard has been added; • Endless looping between cascade() and internal_add_timer() have been fixed.
A complete list of changes and fixes can be found in the official mailing list.
“I'm announcing the release of the 3.2.33 kernel. All users of the 3.2 kernel series should upgrade or risk being turned into pumpkins.”
“The updated 3.2.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.2.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 Ben Hutchings in the email announcement.
Users of the Linux kernel 3.2.x branch are urged to update as soon as possible to the new version.
Download Linux kernel 3.2.33 right now from Softpedia.