On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Carsten Mattner via arch-general < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > FYI, 4.8 has been EOL'd, leaving 4.4-lts, 4.1-lts as options for > arch "default" kernel until 4.10 is released if we assume that > there's a critical fix in the stable patch queue. > > My criticism of the stable patch queue is that they mix fixes > with actual feature patches, making it more risky and not > upholding a important fixes only policy. > Looks like there are some patches to try and are being tested for kernel 4.9 - see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191121 -- mike c