Proxmox VE 6.4?

[nontii]

Hi!
Can't find any information when next version of Proxmox VE is supposed to be released?
I can't run proxmox with my hardware, because I need a newer kernel than what is provided in the current version (kernel 5.4).
I need to know if version 6.4 or what the next version will be and what kernel version is provided in that version to decide if I can run proxmox or if need to look for another solution.

I have understood that it's not that easy to change kernel for a proxmox installation? Or am I wrong?
If I can run proxmox 6.3 and just run a new kernel version that is pretty easy to install, that is a solution, but otherwise not.

Any plans for 6.4?

 

[aaron]

For PVE 6 the default kernel will stay 5.4 AFAIK. But as an alternative we provide a 5.11 kernel. It needs to be installed manually though: apt install pve-kernel-5.11

 

[Ramalama]

I'm not an official proxmox guy, but what i can say is, tbh i don't even know what they want to include in 6.4, since 6.3 has almost everything you want.
Even the newest kernel, newest zfs and newest qemu...
They update it very fast.

Only a text based installer is on the wishlist for many reasons.

However, if you want a newer kernel, you have to install 6.3 first, which comes with the 5.4 kernel as default. But after you enabled free pve repositories or got an subscription key, you can easily install "pve-kernel-5.11" and reboot.

Cheers

 

[Ramalama]

Sry, posted same time xD

 

[nontii]

For PVE 6 the default kernel will stay 5.4 AFAIK. But as an alternative we provide a 5.11 kernel. It needs to be installed manually though: apt install pve-kernel-5.11

Thanks for a really fast response!
Did not know that you provided another kernel version (5.11). That will certainly work for me!

 

[nontii]

I'm not an official proxmox guy, but what i can say is, tbh i don't even know what they want to include in 6.4, since 6.3 has almost everything you want.
Even the newest kernel, newest zfs and newest qemu...
They update it very fast.

Only a text based installer is on the wishlist for many reasons.

However, if you want a newer kernel, you have to install 6.3 first, which comes with the 5.4 kernel as default. But after you enabled free pve repositories or got an subscription key, you can easily install "pve-kernel-5.11" and reboot.

Cheers

Did not know that an alternative kernel was available, that will fix my problems with my hardware. Have very new hardware, where drivers are missing in kernel 5.4. 5.11 will work for me

 

[strehi]

For PVE 6 the default kernel will stay 5.4 AFAIK. But as an alternative we provide a 5.11 kernel. It needs to be installed manually though: apt install pve-kernel-5.11

After switching to 5.11 it is not possible to remove kernel 5.4

dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of pve-kernel-5.4:
 proxmox-ve depends on pve-kernel-5.4.
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of pve-kernel-5.4.106-1-pve:
 pve-kernel-5.4 depends on pve-kernel-5.4.106-1-pve.

Is this intended? Or should the dependency be updated?

TIA
Bernd

 

[Ramalama]

the other packages relies on 5.4, as 5.4 is the default kernel, it makes absolutely sense.

5.4 & 5.11 are 2 different packages, not simply a higher version.
So dunno if it's even possible to update the dependencies of all the other packages if you install 5.11.

But having 5.4, is really just ~100mb used space and has no other downsides. Dunno why that is an issue xD