How do I install the new kernel?

ARM Plasma Mobile
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A few days ago, I switched (or thought I did) to the unstable release version by doing this command:

sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyuu .

I was getting notifications daily on my pinephone in the “Discover” app that there were upgrades available, and I was upgrading them, so I thought it was working. Last night, I received a notification that a new kernel was available - I think it said something about “6/7/21” instead of “5/12/21”, so I upgraded to that one. It said it was successful. But I did a

uname -a

and I’m still showing "Linux plasma-mobile 5.12.9-1-MAJARO-ARM #1 SMP

so how do I get the kernel to really upgrade?

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For switching branches you would also have to edit /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf, but I’m guessing you did that. The kernel version numbering has nothing to do with the date, 5.12.9 doesn’t relate to 5/12/21 if that’s what you mean. I believe the kernel that shipped with the last Plasma beta (stable) is 5.12.8, so your’s should be newer.

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No, I didn’t know about /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf - what should I edit it to? Also, mine is still on 5.12.9-1. ← Do I need to change that?

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This is the newest kernel available. So you are already running it.

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That’s the file where you change the branch from arm-stable to arm-unstable. This is also possible with the pacman-mirrors command (sudo pacman-mirrors --api --set-branch arm-unstable; more in the wiki), maybe you used that one. In either case you can check in that file which branch you are currently on.

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