Linux Kernel 3.9.1 brings various bug fixes and improvements.
Here are some of them as shown in the changelog:
- ext4: fix Kconfig documentation for CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG
- ext4: fix online resizing for ext3-compat file systems
- ixgbe: fix EICR write in ixgbe_msix_other
- wireless: regulatory: fix channel disabling race condition
- ACPI: Fix wrong parameter passed to memblock_reserve
- ASoC: max98088: Fix logging of hardware revision
- ALSA: hda – Fix aamix activation with loopback control on VIA codecs
- ALSA: usb-audio: Fix autopm error during probing
- ALSA: emu10k1: Fix dock firmware loading
- fs/fscache/stats.c: fix memory leak
- usb: chipidea: udc: fix memory leak in _ep_nuke
- ARM: at91/trivial: fix model name for SAM9G15-EK
- ARM: at91: Fix typo in restart code panic message
Linux Kernel 3.9.1 Installation
To install this new kernel in Ubuntu/Linux Mint, enter these commands from the terminal at your own risk:
cd /tmp
wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/upubuntu.com/kernel-3.9.1 -O kernel-3.9.1
chmod +x kernel-3.9.1
sudo sh kernel-3.9.1
sudo reboot
For kernel removal, enter this command:
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.9.1*
Enjoy!