Vero4K still on kernel 3.14.29?

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Looking for some clarity on what kernel version OSMC on a Vero4K should be using?

I’ve had the Vero4K for a couple years now and faithfully keep it up-to-date.

I also recently got a second OSMC instance running on an old Raspberry Pi 3, and I noticed it has a newer kernel version than the Vero4K.

RPi3: $ apt-cache show rbp2-kernel-osmc
Package: rbp2-kernel-osmc
Origin: OSMC
Version: 3.9.160
...
Depends: rbp2-image-4.19.122-2-osmc  << kernel version 4.19
Architecture: armhf

Vero4K: $ apt-cache show vero364-kernel-osmc
Package: vero364-kernel-osmc
Origin: OSMC
Version: 3.9.161
...
Depends: vero364-image-3.14.29-160-osmc  << kernel version 3.14
Architecture: arm64

I ask because I’m interested in trying Wireguard on my Vero4K, which currently runs OpenVPN. But I don’t want to get ahead of supported OSMC updates. I’ve read on the forum here on posts from 2020 that the Wireguard kernel module requires 4.19 (or thereabouts) so I just wanted to understand the current version disparity between the Vero4K and Raspberry Pi.

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Yes, this is the latest stable kernel version.

There’s a 4.9 kernel for Vero which will ship with Kodi v19. This will come out as a stable update soon, and Wireguard support is included. You can try this now if you’d like, by following the testing threads.

I’m aiming for mid July with 4.9 and Kodi v19. But this is a soft ETA.

Cheers

Sam

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Excellent, thanks for the clarification and all the hard work you put into OSMC, @sam_nazarko.