[vfio-users] Safe to update kernel from 4.1.6 ?

[Erik Adler]

>> I am compiling qemu and EDK2 from git with Linux 4.1.6. Is it safe to
>> start updating my kernel again? A few weeks ago when I did so the
>> guest seemed to be stuck in a boot loop.
>>
> Kernels 4.3.x and 4.4.x aren't yet available on Fedora(except rawhide), so the only viable kernel for > Fedora is 4.1.13-fc21 from Fedora 21 release. Sadly, F21's EOL is somewhere in december.
> In order to use that kernel you have to download all the needed packages from koji build system and > install them using `rpm -ivh --oldpackage filename.rpm`.
>
> Just in case someone needs it

Has this issue been resolved with kernels 4.3+ ?

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 5:48 AM, Blank Field <ihatethisfield at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 20, 2015 4:01 AM, "Erik Adler" <erik.adler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am compiling qemu and EDK2 from git with Linux 4.1.6. Is it safe to
>> start updating my kernel again? A few weeks ago when I did so the
>> guest seemed to be stuck in a boot loop.
>
> Kernels 4.3.x and 4.4.x aren't yet available on Fedora(except rawhide), so
> the only viable kernel for Fedora is 4.1.13-fc21 from Fedora 21 release.
> Sadly, F21's EOL is somewhere in december.
> In order to use that kernel you have to download all the needed packages
> from koji build system and install them using `rpm -ivh --oldpackage
> filename.rpm`.
>
> Just in case someone needs it.