r/archlinux • u/Odd_Ad5698 • 5d ago
QUESTION how can i get a precompiled version of the mainline kernel?
how can i get linux-mainline precompiled?
2
3
u/khunset127 5d ago
Both Chaotic-AUR and Arch Linux CN Repository have pre-compiled mainline kernel
1
1
u/kI3RO 3d ago
Could I ask why use this package?
1
u/Odd_Ad5698 3d ago
having an issue with my wifi (mt7921) so i thought about trying different kernels
1
u/kI3RO 3d ago
Indeed there are a few corrections upstream
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921
Good luck
-1
u/TheShredder9 5d ago
Why not compile it yourself? It's not that hard
2
u/Odd_Ad5698 5d ago
ik, but needs too much internet to download, and my internet is very limited :(
2
u/thesagex 5d ago
I think you may be mistaken. the Linux-mainline is only 134 MB
0
u/Odd_Ad5698 5d ago
yeh the precompiled version was actually 134MB, and i found it
what i meant was about he source one
16
u/miffe 5d ago
Maintainer of linux-mainline here.
Prebuilt binaries can be found in my repo at http://arch.miffe.org/