Linux Kernel 4.9.19 LTS Has Many Updated Drivers, Some Networking Improvements

Immediately after releasing the Linux 4.10.7 kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman announced today the availability of the nineteenth maintenance update to the long-term supported Linux 4.9 kernel series.

Just like Linux kernel 4.10.7, the Linux kernel 4.9.19 LTS release comes, surprisingly, only three days after the release of the previous maintenance update, in this case, Linux kernel 4.9.18 LTS. According to the appended shortlog, this is also a major patch that changes a total 98 files, with 812 insertions and 403 deletions. As expected, most of the patch are updated drivers.

"I'm announcing the release of the 4.9.19 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/lin...