Arch Linux and SparkyLinux Are Among the First Distros to Offer Linux Kernel 4.6 | Linux Today

Arch Linux and SparkyLinux Are Among the First Distros to Offer Linux Kernel 4.6

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Marius Nestor
May 16, 2016

Arch Linux developer Tobias Powalowski announced earlier today that Linux kernel 4.6 entered the [Testing] repository informing the maintainers of the tp_smapi and all nvidia series packages that their binary modules are not building with the new kernel release, so they’re urged to find patches to fix them as soon as possible.

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Marius Nestor

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