5.0 based on kernel 4.10?

[Kaijia]

Hi there,

I wonder why the next release is using Linux Kernel 4.10 instead of the LTS 4.9? 4.10 only has a lifecycle of around 0.5 years so is likely to be already end-of-life when Proxmox 5.1 is released.

 

[tom]

New kernels have new features regarding virtualization, therefore it make sense to use 4.10 for the first 5.x.

Proxmox VE is a rolling distribution, so you will see changing kernels during the 5.x series.

 

[fabian]

also, our kernel is based on Ubuntu's, and Ubuntu will not have a release that uses the 4.9 kernel (yakkety is 4.8, which is already EOL upstream, and zesty will be 4.10).

 

[bogo22]

also, our kernel is based on Ubuntu's, and Ubuntu will not have a release that uses the 4.9 kernel (yakkety is 4.8, which is already EOL upstream, and zesty will be 4.10).

I thought proxmox is based on debian. And as dar as i know debian stretch will use kernel 4.9.

 

[gkovacs]

I thought proxmox is based on debian. And as dar as i know debian stretch will use kernel 4.9.

Both are true actually. The Proxmox "distribution" is based on Debian, but the kernel is compiled based on Ubuntu sources AFAIK.

 

[fabian]

yes, the distribution is based on Debian, but we add

• our own packages
• patched and packaged versions of software not (yet) in Debian, or newer versions than in Debian (this is stuff like Qemu, LXC, but also ZFS and Sheepdog, ...)
• a kernel based on Ubuntu's kernel