Arch stuck at Linux kernel 6.2.10

[Maarten]

Hey all,

Just like we had beginning of this year, it seems linux-aarch64 is stuck at 6.2.10 for ~4 months now. I know it was quite a loaded topic last time ([url]https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=16280[/url]), but I'm trying to understand what's happening here. I've tried searching the Github repo, this forum and Google for a bit more info on why this package version seems so sensitive.

Personally for me it's a bit of a security thing to stick to an unsupported kernel version.

I guess my main question is there anything I or maybe someone else can do to update the kernel version?

Of course I would be happy to contribute to updating the kernel version to a more recent one, but right now it feels a bit of a waste of time to create a PR.

Thanks,

[murple]

It looks like the lts is still maintained, I know this wasn't what you were asking for but it's useful from a security perspective.
make_clickable_callback(MAGIC_URL_FULL, '
', 'https://github.com/lynix/linux-aarch64-lts', '', ' class="postlink"')

Regarding your actual question - no idea. I don't understand the lack of communication as there have been plenty of people willing to help out if we could only identify the issue(s). What the point of a rolling release distro that has stopped rolling?

[Maarten]

Hi Murple,

Ah yeah, but that repo is only available via AUR. I rather have an official supported generic AARCH64 Linux kernel, not one via AUR.

Thanks,

[ipha]

I have to assume that running arch arm on anything other than an rpi is largely unsupported at this point.

[Mettacrawler]

Back in Feb 2023 I ran a body count:

Developer Join date Last visited Last post
crimsonredmk Wed Dec 30, 2009 Sun Jun 06, 2021 --
pepedog Mon Jun 07, 2010 Wed Feb 01, 2023 Sun Jun 11, 2017
kmihelich Tue Jul 20, 2010 Wed Feb 01, 2023 Sun Dec 12, 2021
WarheadsSE Mon Oct 18, 2010 Sat Aug 07, 2021 Tue Jun 11, 2019
xenoxaos Wed Jan 05, 2011 Thu Sep 24, 2020 Tue Jul 30, 2013
moonman Fri Jan 14, 2011 -- Wed Jan 18, 2023
graysky Sun Jun 26, 2011 Mon Feb 06, 2023 Sat Feb 04, 2023

(the columns line up when copy-pasted into a program that uses a monospace font)

The "last post" was true back in Feb, now the only important "last posts" are the ones that indicate developers who stopped publicly posting. Four of them still log in, two probably are read-only or just PM each other, if anything: kmihelich, graysky, moonman and pepedog.

The list of people with github commit access: github (dot) com/orgs/archlinuxarm/people

It's hard to run a distro with only three people although I'm impressed with how much Kevin puts into it.

[graysky]

I understand that there are problems with the update which are being worked though.

[cbix]

There you go:make_clickable_callback(MAGIC_URL_FULL, ' ', 'https://github.com/archlinuxarm/PKGBUILDs/pull/2014', '', ' class="postlink"')

[chriswyatt]

Archboot uses a later kernel. Any reason why official repos can't use this same kernel? Not a rhetorical question, I'm genuinely just curious, and wondering how Archboot deals with the official repos not being quite up-to-date.

[shjim]

make_clickable_callback(MAGIC_URL_FULL, '', 'https://archboot.com/iso/aarch64/latest/', '', ' class="postlink"')

" Requirement: aarch64 with 700M RAM and higher
Archboot: 202311240632-1
Grub: 2.12rc1-5
Linux: 6.2.10-1
Pacman: 6.0.2-8
Systemd: 254.6-2 "


X86 use later kernel ( - kernel 6.6.x )