Linux 4.7 Released
Honest question: how many years do you think it'll be until embedded device manufacturers (routers, various TV boxes, wifi hard drives [1]) ship recent kernels? A $200 modem/router bought 6 months ago ships with a hacked up version of  2.6.36.4 that's barely buildable - mainly because the wifi chipset vendor refuses to open source their code and refuses to update the BSP [2].<p>1: <a href="http://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/downloads/item/wireless-plus-gpl-fw-master-dl/" rel="nofollow">http://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/downloads/item/wireless...</a><p>2: <a href="http://www.tp-link.com.au/gpl-code.html?model=Archer%20D9" rel="nofollow">http://www.tp-link.com.au/gpl-code.html?model=Archer%20D9</a>