Linux kernel developer and maintainer of various kernel branches, Greg Kroah-Hartman, has announced the release of the second maintenance update for Linux kernel 4.7.
The open source ecosystem seems to be moving at an astonishing pace.
Linux kernel 4.7.2 is here just four days after the release of the first maintenance update, Linux kernel 4.7.1, changing a total of 192 files, with 2086 insertions and 1108 deletions.
Greg Kroah-Hartman stated (we quote his statement in its entirety):
"I'm announcing the release of the 4.7.2 kernel. All users of the 4.7 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.7.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.7.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary.”
As previously mentioned, the changes are extensive and include many improvements to: ARM64 (AArch64), ARM, ARC, MIPS, s390, x86 and PowerPC (PPC), as well as multiple updated drivers, notably for: AMDGPU, ACPI, BCMA, Bluetooth, GPIO, CLK, CPUFreq, EDAC, Intel i915, Nouveau, Radeon, Rockchip, I2C, InfiniBand, IOMMU, MD, MFD, iwlwifi, PHY, PINCTRL, SCSI, SPI, TTY, USB and Virtio.
In addition, Linux kernel 4.7.2 comes with improved file support, which includes changes to: Btrfs, CIFS, JBD2, NFS, OverlayFS and XFS. Finally, core kernel, mm, core networking and audio improvements are also available. Linux kernel 4.7.2 is available to download now via the kernel.org website.
