Linux Kernel 3.12.72 LTS Brings Updated SCSI and Wireless Drivers, Various Fixes

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Linux kernel developer and maintainer of the long-term supported Linux 3.12 kernel series Jiri Slaby announced the release and immediate availability of the seventy-second maintenance update to the branch.

Linux kernel 3.12.72 LTS is here only two weeks after the previous point release, and it’s a small patch that changes a total of 54 files, with 536 insertions and 301 deletions. The improvements included in this version vary from updated drivers to architecture and file system fixes. It’s important to note here that the Linux 3.12 LTS kernel series was supposed to reach end of life in January 2017, but will be maintained a little longer because some enterprise OSes still use it.

“I’m announcing the release of the 3.12.72 kernel. All users of the 3.12 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.12.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.12.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:… (read more)

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