Linux Kernels 3.16.43 LTS and 3.2.88 LTS Bring MIPS and Networking Improvements

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Ben Hutchings, Linux kernel developer and maintainer of the Linux 3.2 and 3.16 long-term supported kernel branches, announced today, April 6, 2017, the availability of two new maintenance releases, namely Linux 3.16.43 LTS and Linux 3.2.88 LTS.

While Linux kernel 3.2.88 LTS is a very small bugfix release that only changes a total of 5 files, with 10 insertions and 8 deletions, adding a security fix and a couple of networking improvements for the IPv4 and L2TP protocols, Linux kernel 3.16.43 LTS is here to change a total of 48 files, with 366 insertions and 1246 deletions, according to the appended shortlog.

“I’m announcing the release of the 3.16.43 [and 3.2.88] kernel. All users of the 3.16 [and 3.2] kernel series should upgrade. The updated 3.16.y git tree can be found at: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.16.y,” said Ben Hutchings. “The updated… (read more)

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