I understand that HWE kernels arrive few months after non-LTS release comes out. Is there a chance to make it instantly available for LTS users with HWE-edge branch?
Not really, no. Thereās no such thing as an optional kernel. Itās either in the archive (and thus fully supported) or itās not. The bar to get a kernel into the archive sits fairly high, so we canāt and donāt want to do that for short-lived kernels. All DKMS packages from the archive need to compile, all autopkgtests need to pass, the AppArmor patchset needs to be updated and functional, ā¦ and probably other things that Iām not aware of.
What youāre looking for is a rolling kernel which is not feasible at the moment.
But nothing prevents you from using mainline builds [1] or packages from any of our build [2], bootstrap [3] or unstable [3] PPAs. Just be aware that none of this is supported nor fully tested nor patched for security or other issues on an on-going basis.
[1] Ubuntu Mainline Build Status
[2] https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
[3] https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/bootstrap
[4] https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/unstable
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Iām afraid not. For the same reasons mentioned in my previous comment.
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So, if a regular user experiences an issue because his hardware is very new, what would be the solution thatād be supported by Canonical (all unsupported solutions are out of the window)?