Leap 42.3 still on Kernel 4.4?

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Hello. Just updated to 42.3 (this fast way if anyone want to know it) and wondered it still on 4.4. Is it legal? :slight_smile:
I think I should update to 4.9 or something else stable. How can I do it fast safe way (and via Yast,s GUI preferred)?
I triedthat ways before but there is no multiversions in **kernel-default **package and I don’t want to break something via adding unsupported/semi-supported kernel versions via console.

Good news are - Nvidia’s driver is 384. Maybe a good step to remove tearing.

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Hi
The 4.4.x is the supported kernel version for Leap 42.3, any security/bug fixes are backported.

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Adding the Kernel:stable standard repository and installing the kernel from there is generally safe (currently at 4.12.3).
Go to Yast2-Software, Configuration > Repositories, click ADD then Next (“Specify URL…”) and paste as the URL:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/
Then you should be able to install kernel-default (and any matching -devel if needed) from that repo.
You may wish to edit /etc/zypp/zypp.conf to keep the original kernel as a safety measure looking for something similar to:

Comma separated list of kernel packages to keep installed in parallel, if the

above multiversion variable is set. Packages can be specified as

2.6.32.12-0.7 - Exact version to keep

latest - Keep kernel with the highest version number

latest-N - Keep kernel with the Nth highest version number

running - Keep the running kernel

oldest - Keep kernel with the lowest version number (the GA kernel)

oldest+N - Keep kernel with the Nth lowest version number

Note: This entry is not evaluated by libzypp, but by the

purge-kernels service (via /sbin/purge-kernels).

Default: Do not delete any kernels if multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel) is set

multiversion.kernels = oldest, latest,latest-1,latest-2,running

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The only problem is that you will not have Nvidia repo with Kernel4.12
You have to remove drivers and switch to the hard method of Nvidia drivers from file.run

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Also some hardware support has been backported from 4.9 or later.

E.g. the whole DRM/graphics stack, which is in the package drm-kmp-default. (you need to uninstall that when wanting to use nvidia, as it breaks the driver compilation)

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Yes, the Nvidia drivers can be a big problem with a new kernel. Has anyone here tested them with new kernels on 42.3?