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Kernel prepatch 4.9-rc6
Linus has released the 4.9-rc6 kernel
prepatch for testing. "We're getting further in the rc series, and
while things have stayed pretty calm, I'm not sure if we're quite there
yet. There's a few outstanding issues that just shouldn't be issues at rc6
time, so we'll just have to see. This may be one of those releases that
have an rc8, which considering the size of 4.9 is perhaps not that
unusual."