14 DAY TRIAL // Immediately after announcing the release of the Linux 4.10.4 kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman informed the community about the availability of the sixteenth maintenance update to the long-term supported Linux 4.9 kernel series.
Linux kernel 4.9.16 LTS comes only five days after the release of the Linux 4.9.15 LTS kernel on March 14, 2017, and appears to include nearly the same changes that have been included in Linux kernel 4.10.4. According to the appended shortlog, a total of 51 files were changed in this patch, with 402 insertions and 259 deletions.
"I'm announcing the release of the 4.9.16 kernel. All users of the 4.9 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.9.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.9.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.
Updated USB drivers, MIPS and PowerPC improvements
The biggest part of the Linux kernel 4.9.16 LTS update appears to be updated drivers. In this version we can find improvements for many USB drivers, but also for the media, MTD, PCI, I2C, InfiniBand, MD, networking (Ethernet Broadcom bcm63xx), and TTY ones. Additionally, it adds a bunch to the MIPS architecture, as well as to PowerPC (PPC) and s390.
An issue was patched for the EXT4 file system and various other small bug fixes are included in the Linux 4.9.16 LTS kernel, which is the recommended version for all users who use a GNU/Linux distribution powered by a kernel from the long-term supported Linux 4.9 series. The source tarball of Linux kernel 4.9.16 LTS is now available for download from kernel.org or via our website.