Upgrade the grub configuration for latest kernel. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 net.ifnames=0 crashkernel=auto' Linux-firmware.noarch 0:7Įdit the “/etc/default/grub” file and set default boot order to “0” ~]# vi /etc/default/grub Install the kernel packages using yum command ~]# yum -enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb, search-disabled-reposĮlrepo-kernel/primary_db | 1.7 MB 00:00:00 ~]# yum -disablerepo='*' -enablerepo='elrepo-kernel' list available ~]# uname -rĪdd ELEREPO GPG key and install the repository for the RHEL 7/ Centos 7 ~]# rpm -import ġ: # Improvements have also been made to power anager The power architectures and power 9 now supprt up to 512TB of virtual address spaces.

This settings allows setting the output modes easily and avoiding any ugly situation.

In this kernel, the intel atomic mode is turned on by default.

The other disk/file related features are XFS support for GETFSMAP and RAID 5/6 fixes.

These schedulers are Facebook’s kyber I/O scheduler and BFQ(Budget Fair Queueing).

I/O schedulers have also found a place in Linux kenrel.

Support for Intel Real-sense SR300 camera, Razer sabertooth & Mad Catz Brawlstick.

It brings initial GTX 1000 pascal accelerated support.

In linux kernel 4.12, support for AMD’s vega GPUs by the AMDGPU cards.

Most of the situations in productions systems upgrading kernel version is not an good practice. Before Upgrading Kernel version to latest stable version you need to check compatibility issues with applications running in server (which are kernel dependent). The Stable Version and Latest Version of Kernel is 4.12.10 in Centos 7. In this article we are going to learn How to Upgrade Kernel Version on RHEL 7/Centos 7 Operating system.

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