[Fixed] How to upgrade to latest kernel with Centos 9-Stream

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[Fixed] How to upgrade to latest kernel with Centos 9-Stream

Post by BearIBeer » 2022/06/21 01:46:00

How to upgrade to latest kernel with Centos 9-Stream

Currently the kernel version is 5.14.0-109

Currently, you can upgrade to the latest version of upstream kernel from here:
http://elrepo.org/tiki/HomePage
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Re: How to upgrade to latest kernel with Centos 9-Stream

Post by TrevorH » 2022/06/21 11:16:51

CentOS Stream 9 will follow RHEL 9 and will always use a 5.14.0 kernel for as long as it exists. If you've run `yum update` and that's the latest version installed then it probably is the latest.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
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Re: How to upgrade to latest kernel with Centos 9-Stream

Post by jlehtone » 2022/06/21 19:35:27

BearIBeer wrote:
2022/06/21 01:46:00
Currently the kernel version is 5.14.0-109
Timestamp on mirror for that package is 2022-06-13. "Very recent", I'd say. (And the latest that there is.)

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Re: How to upgrade to latest kernel with Centos 9-Stream

Post by BearIBeer » 2022/06/23 10:51:04

Whats the kernel merge/backport strategy of 9-Stream?

How can I try the latest new features that commit to 5.18 or 5.19? On 8-stream I can upgrade the latest version of the kernel via elrepo

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Re: How to upgrade to latest kernel with Centos 9-Stream

Post by jlehtone » 2022/06/23 11:30:02

A Stream is a development branch. A "trunk". About twice a year Red Hat forks a release branch from it, polishes, tests, and releases a RHEL point update. Afterwards the release branch gets fixes until next next point update is released (and for EUS branches a bit longer).

The Stream 8 is the development branch for RHEL 8, and Stream 9 is for RHEL 9. Therefore, the kernel in CentOS Stream 9 has features that probably will show up in future RHEL 9 point updates. What Red Hat backports to RHEL 9 kernel is up to them.

ELRepo kernel is not an "upgrade". It is an alternative to distro's own kernel. If you want similar alternative to CentOS Stream 9, then you should contact ELRepo. They probably will at some point build for Stream 9 too, if they already do build for Stream 8.

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