https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62959
--- Comment #56 from Alex Deucher agd5f@yahoo.com --- For stable kernels you need to use the stable branches: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git if you've already checked out Linus' tree, you can add the stable tree as a remote: git remote add stable git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git git fetch stable