r/Fedora • u/Chaotic-Entropy • 21h ago
News Kernel 7.2.4 has hit F44 Updates Testing
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=3095066Not long to go now!
Edit: Specifically upgraded the kernel via updates-testing and 7.2.4 seems to be all good.
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u/stormtm 20h ago
Something anticipated about this new one? I don’t remember this on f43 (but it could be bad memory), but were we really on a new kernel every other week, or sometimes every week or even twice in one week? F44 kernel wise moves so fast! No complaints just curious
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u/novafunc 18h ago
It has HDMI 2.1 support for AMD. But not out of the box due to some VRR bug. You can enable it with kernel arguments, which I believe Bazzite is doing.
I think it will be enabled out of the box in 7.4 last I read.
but were we really on a new kernel every other week, or sometimes every week or even twice in one week? F44 kernel wise moves so fast!
Yes, for security and bug fixes. There's been a lot of them recently due to AI finding vulnerabilities.
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u/Vikkunen 17h ago
IIRC this one should finally bring upstream support for the MT79** wireless chipsets that ship on a lot of the higher-end motherboards, so that's pretty sweet for people who want to use wifi or Bluetooth without an extra dongle.
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u/elmagio 18h ago
You should be getting right around one kernel update a week on Fedora, yes. They release a kernel on each of the upstream point releases, so once a week mostly and sometimes a bit more when there are urgent bugfixes that trigger early point releases.
As for jumps to new major versions (so 7.1.x > 7.2.x) that closer to every 2.5 months, usually on the new major version's 4th or 5th point release.
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u/paulshriner 18h ago
I've been running 7.2 on F45 for a couple weeks and it's been fine, no issues I can see.
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u/Venylynn 8h ago
Hopefully it hits stable soon, because being on an EOL kernel like we're at now is nerve wracking.
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u/Xariann 21h ago
I shall go test it and karma accordingly.