Linux Kernel 3.18.53 Has x86 Improvements, Updated Wireless and USB Drivers

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the availability of yet another maintenance update to the Linux 3.18 kernel series despite it remaining marked as [EOL] End-of-Life on the kernel.org website.

Coming only one week after the release of the Linux kernel 3.18.52 patch, Linux kernel 3.18.53 is a modest update that changes a total of 42 files, with 264 insertions and 150 deletions, at least according to the appended shortlog. It includes a little bit of everything (see below for details), with most of the changes being networking related, both drivers and core.

“I’m announcing the release of the 3.18.53 kernel. All users of the 3.18 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.18.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sta… (read more)

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