All users of the Linux 4.4 LTS kernel branch must update

Feb 15, 2017 23:37 GMT  ·  By

After informing the Linux community earlier today about the general availability of the Linux 4.9.10 kernel, developer Greg Kroah-Hartman was proud to announce the release of Linux kernel 4.4.49 LTS.

You know it, every time the latest Linux 4.9 kernel series gets a maintenance update, so is the long-term supported Linux 4.4 branch, and the 4.4.49 point release is here also one week after the launch of the previous version, in this case Linux kernel 4.4.48 LTS. However, Linux kernel 4.4.49 LTS appears to be yet another small patch, and according to the appended shortlog, it changes a total of 22 files, with 87 insertions and 56 deletions.

"I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.49 kernel. All users of the 4.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.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," said Greg Kroah-Hartman.

Small ARM improvements, some updated drivers

Taking a quick look at the changelog, we can notice that Linux kernel 4.4.49 LTS brings small improvements to the ARM, ARC, and x86 hardware architectures, updated GPU (Intel i915), networking (Ethernet, Hyper-V), and SCSI drivers, as well as updated sound and networking stacks with a couple of ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) changes and a mac80211 fix.

Users are informed that this kernel disables ASPM (Active State Power Management) for MPI2 controllers. Please make sure that you update your Linux-based operating system to Linux kernel 4.4.49 LTS as soon as it lands in the stable repositories. OS vendors and power users who want to compile their kernels can download the source tarball right now from kernel.org or via our web portal.