by Linadian » 2017-03-25 21:20
In Devuan, from the Devuan backports...
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4.9.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.13-1~bpo8+1 (2017-02-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux
The drive and USB I/O scheduling really sucked in 3.16.x (see system specs in sig), I have five drives and am constantly loading USB sticks with TV shows for an old DVD player that has a USB port. I'm having much better parallel I/O ops with the 4.9.x series. I wanted to stay 'stock' but sometimes you just gotta go with what works best. I only enable the backports for kernel updates or cherry pick otherwise not available apps, I stick to stable as much as possible.
Info for n00bs,
linux-image-amd64 is the complete new kernel install handling meta package you want, it does everything required to successfully update the kernel and leave your system in a bootable state.
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