Linux Kernel 3.16.42 released. Install and update to Linux Kernel 3.16.42 on Ubuntu Systems. Kernel 3.16.42 is a big update and features more than 300 new features and 500+ fixes. All users of the 3.16 kernel series should upgrade.
Announcing the release of Linux Kernel 3.16.42, Ben Hutchings writes:
The updated 3.16.y git tree can be found at:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.16.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git
Install Linux Kernel 3.16.42 on Ubuntu
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Linux Kernel 3.16.42 on Ubuntu Systems:
On 32 Bit Ubuntu Systems
sudo apt-get update
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/linux-headers-3.16.42-031642_3.16.42-031642.201703160332_all.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/linux-headers-3.16.42-031642-generic_3.16.42-031642.201703160332_i386.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/linux-headers-3.16.42-031642-lowlatency_3.16.42-031642.201703160332_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.16.42*.deb linux-image-3.16.42*.deb
sudo reboot
On 64 Bit Ubuntu Systems
sudo apt-get update
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/linux-headers-3.16.42-031642_3.16.42-031642.201703160332_all.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/linux-headers-3.16.42-031642-generic_3.16.42-031642.201703160332_amd64.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/linux-headers-3.16.42-031642-lowlatency_3.16.42-031642.201703160332_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.16.42*.deb linux-image-3.16.42*.deb
sudo reboot
Linux Kernel 3.16.42 mainline build
These binary packages represent builds of the mainline or stable Linux kernel tree at the commit below:
v3.16.42 (65be6fa1da9eb665ae50b2d52bc450e64cbc4ec0)
To obtain the source from which they are built fetch the commit below:
git://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel-test/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/mainline-crack v3.16.42
and apply the following patches on top in the order below:
0001-base-packaging.patch
0002-UBUNTU-SAUCE-add-vmlinux.strip-to-BOOT_TARGETS1-on-p.patch
0003-UBUNTU-SAUCE-tools-hv-lsvmbus-add-manual-page.patch
0004-UBUNTU-SAUCE-no-up-disable-pie-when-gcc-has-it-enabl.patch
0005-debian-changelog.patch