Linux 6.6.75 kernel compiled

February 05, 2025 — BarryK

EasyOS Scarthgap and Daedalus series have used the 6.6.x kernel, up until recently. Scarthgap 6.6 has the 6.12.11 kernel and 6.6.1 has the 6.12.12 kernel.

Linux kernel 6.12.12 configured without AVS and Xe — February 03, 2025

It has put me in a quandary, as the AVS audio driver does not work (it loaded on my Acer Aspire 1 but no sound, whereas legacy driver works), and the 6.12 kernel has removed many legacy audio drivers, forcing us to in some cases use AVS. Which is bad if the fallback legacy driver is no longer there.

I would like to rollback to a LTS kernel before 6.12, but unfortunately that is 6.6. The inbetween, 6.8, 6.9, 6.11, are all EOL.

But there is good news. Although kernels after 6.6 have improvements for the Intel Core Ultra 7 and Ark GPU, I have compiled 6.6.75 and video and sound now both work on my Asus Zenbook S13. This is using the i915 video driver and legacy audio driver.

So, going to stay with the 6.6.x kernel for Scarthgap, and probably Daedalus also. For now anyway.

Although I want EasyOS to work on recent laptops, the main focus is that Easy will work on older computers, right back to the very first with 64-bit CPU. I want all the legacy drivers.

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