Linux Kernel 4.2.3 Is Out with Open vSwitch and IPv6 Fixes, Updated Networking Drivers | Linux Today

Linux Kernel 4.2.3 Is Out with Open vSwitch and IPv6 Fixes, Updated Networking Drivers

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Marius Nestor
Oct 3, 2015

Networking seems to be the strong point of this release, because Linux kernel 4.2.3 updates multiple networking drivers, mostly Ethernet stuff like Mellanox MLX4, Marvell, Freescale, and Altera, as well as Dynamic Search Algorithm (DSA), Fast Ethernet PHY, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), and MacVTap.

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Marius Nestor

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