# What/Who determines if a new kernel is update via apt upgrade
**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403
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**Created:** [8 May 2025 00:14 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403 "2025-05-08T00:14:59Z")
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### Author:  [@CA\_Lobo](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/CA_Lobo)
#### Post date: [8 May 2025 00:14 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403/1 "2025-05-08T00:14:59Z")
Recently, my OrangePi Zero 3 got upgraded to a new kernel version - “6.12.23-current-sunxi64”.
However, my Odroid N2+ has not yet upgraded to the same kernel and returns “6.6.65-current-meson64”
My question is who/what determines when a kernel becomes available for an apt upgrade - especially since the armbian page ([Odroid N2 / N2+ - Armbian](https://www.armbian.com/odroid-n2/)) says that a new kernel is available for N2+ ?
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [8 May 2025 04:32 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403/2 "2025-05-08T04:32:52Z")
> [@CA\_Lobo](#):
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> My question is who/what determines when a kernel becomes available for an apt upgrade
The availability of the kernel package on a apt package server.
Each SBC has an own kernel. Some are provided by vendor, some are mainline kernel and for some boards we might build them manually
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### Author:  [@CA\_Lobo](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/CA_Lobo)
#### Post date: [8 May 2025 06:42 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403/3 "2025-05-08T06:42:23Z")
Ok, so it basically is depends on someone noticing a new kernel release for a particular SBC and firing off a build, testing, and releaseing. What can I do to help accelerate the availability of the new kernels or are they dependent upon dietpi releases?
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [8 May 2025 09:17 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403/4 "2025-05-08T09:17:43Z")
Kernel version are independent from DietPi release. There is no relation.
> [@CA\_Lobo](#):
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> What can I do to help accelerate the availability of the new kernels
Depends who’s is providing your kernel. If it is us or someone else. Honestly I have no dedicated overview of all kernel for all SBC.
Something @MichaIng would need to answer
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### Author:  [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [8 May 2025 14:01 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403/5 "2025-05-08T14:01:18Z")
Yeah I pushed new kernel versions for Rockchip and Allwinner SoCs, but not yet for Amlogic. Will do so today.
We distribute kernel packages for all systems but Raspberry Pi and x86\_64 from our own APT repository.
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### Author:  [@CA\_Lobo](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/CA_Lobo)
#### Post date: [8 May 2025 20:24 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403/6 "2025-05-08T20:24:07Z")
Joulinar - thanks for the info that the kernel is separate from the Dietpi release.
Michalng - thanks for pushing the Amlogic kernel and for the info on which kernels Dietpi uses.
I assume that you build/acquire the kernels as needed. Do we have a formal means of requesting that a later kernel version be created or is this done on an as need basis?
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### Author:  [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [8 May 2025 23:38 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403/7 "2025-05-08T23:38:06Z")
Generally I try to trigger new builds ~once per month. As there was a major Linux increment, which always causes breakage the first weeks at Armbian, I gave it some time to settle. Amlogic was the last vendor I tested builds this time, since there were actual issues with some Rockchip and Allwinner boards which were a good reason to test Linux 6.12 or patches done at Armbian build systems fix/enhance.
New kernel and bootloader for Amlogic SoCs are now at our APT repo. Works well on my Odroid N2+ booting from eMMC and SD card:
```sh
apt update
apt upgrade
```
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### Author:  [@CA\_Lobo](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/CA_Lobo)
#### Post date: [9 May 2025 00:23 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403/8 "2025-05-09T00:23:05Z")
Awesome. Thanks for the clarification. I appreciate all the hard work that you and the team puts into Dietpi.
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### Author:  [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)
#### Post date: [7 August 2025 00:23 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/what-who-determines-if-a-new-kernel-is-update-via-apt-upgrade/23403/9 "2025-08-07T00:23:33Z")
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