We have awaited the arrival of the final version of Linux Kernel 4.11 last Sunday, but Linus Torvalds decided to release the eighth and final version Release Candidate instead.
As reported by Torvalds, the Linux Kernel 4.11 release was supposed to have occurred on Sunday, April 23, 2017, but things don't always go according to plan and it seems that several problems last minute related to NVMe support They have led to the launch of an eighth definitive candidate version or Release Candidate.
“I originally wanted to release the final version 4.11 today, but although there were not many changes last week, we have run into several problems, which led us to release another maintenance version that already fixes the discovered bugs. Although Linux Kernel 23 could have been launched on the 4.11rd, the most correct thing seemed to me to postpone it to solve these new problems "Torvalds declared.
Linux Kernel 4.11, scheduled for April 30, 2017
Linus Torvalds encourages all concerned to try the latest Release Candidate version of Linux Kernel 4.11, especially to test the problem with NVMe memory support that apparently occurs on some platforms. If all goes well, surely The final version of Kernel 4.11 will debut on April 30Although it will take a while until we can update our systems with the new version.
Therefore, the only thing that can be done right now is to download the Linux Kernel 4.11 RC8 from the web portal. kernel.org, but keep in mind that it is still a preliminary version, so it is not recommended that you replace your stable kernel with the new version, nor that you use it on productivity teams.
To see all the changes of the Linux Kernel 4.11 Release Candidate 8, feel free to take a look at the ad Integer by Linus Torvalds, where the corrected errors are also detailed.