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dnordenberg
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7.1 kernel question

Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:01 am

Hi!
Can we please have the kernel fresh and updated in the v7 branch? Kernel 5.6 series reached end of life soon to be 2 years ago.

Why was short lived non LTS kernel even chosen from the first place? I guess it has to do with wireguard which was built in from kernel 5.6 but if RouterOS uses 5.6 the built in wireguard it would mean that the wireguard version used in RouterOS is also very old and outdated?
Wouldn't the use of the external DKMS together with 5.4 LTS have been a better choice then?

kernel 5.4 LTS is supported to Dec, 2025. Using a LTS kernel would have made life so much easier when keeping the kernel fresh and supported.
It would be sad to see the RouterOS v7 kernel fall hopelessly behind again just like the v6 branch did :(
 
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Re: 7.1 kernel question  [SOLVED]

Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:18 am

I suspect you will probably see them upgrade the kernel again once most of the major issues have been sorted out.

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