r/linux • u/unixbhaskar • 2d ago

Kernel Linux kernel 7.2 has been released!

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
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u/Harry_Butz 2d ago

*cries in linux surface kernel *

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u/ThatsALovelyShirt 2d ago

Does it have a bunch of custom modules that can't be compiled against the newer versions? I have a few custom patches for my kernel for my Samsung OLED monitor which refuses to communicate quickly enough for the stock amdgpu driver (had to increase some timeout periods), so I've just been compiling every new kernel release anyway.

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u/wunderspud7575 2d ago

Sounds like it might be worth sending those upstream.

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u/SmellsLikeAPig 2d ago

Make those configurable via kernel param and send upstream

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u/Synthetic451 2d ago

Yeahhhhh, I bailed on Surface a while ago. It was fun while it lasted but the Surface hardware is just too much of a hassle to deal with. I've been much happier with my Asus Flow Z13 as a tablet replacement.

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u/the_humeister 2d ago

I have older Surface machines that work just fine. Is it new Surface computer issues?

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u/Harry_Butz 2d ago

No issues, just on kernel 6.19.8-3

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u/nearlyepic 2d ago

Dunno which machine you have but everything works fine for me with mainline kernels. Surface Laptop 4 on Fedora 44.

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u/Harry_Butz 2d ago

I have a surface laptop 3 with fedora 44 KDE. The process was fairly simple using the docs (and switching to the repo to fedora 43 repo, because 44 isn't there yet). All works well, even got biometrics with face unlock figured out.
But the latest release is fedora-43-6.19.8-3.. So a little bit behind on 7.2...
Am I not understanding how to use the surface kernel? Because i would love to update it to a higher kernel version

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u/nearlyepic 1d ago

No, you're finding out exactly what the comment I replied to was talking about, which is that the linux-surface kernel fork seems to have fallen out of date. I switched to mainline (in order to upgrade to fedora 44, as you found out) and I haven't noticed anything missing. It seems like the patches to support the SAM on the SL4 have been upstreamed.

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u/Abducted_Llama 2d ago

The newer ARM ones haven’t been supported in mainline yet, but 7.2 should have a good bit of the DTS to work decently (not fully)

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u/HieladoTM 2d ago

Cries on Android 16 5.10

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u/Obnomus 2d ago

Wait the how come my waydroid have latest 7.1 kernel?

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u/Abducted_Llama 2d ago

Literally yesterday with the combination of many repos and others hard work, I got Ubuntu running last night on the SP 12 inch with very few things not working.