He there,

the release notes for kernel 3.8 do mention improved performance for ext4 using small files. That alone sounds interesting; now I am wondering: will there be a simple PPA approach at some point that allows to use 3.8 kernels on 12.10 (and/or maybe 12.04)?

In the sense of: I just add the ppa once; and then like with "normal" kernels I dont need to worry about any updates, they just come along without any further activity on my side?

Or does using upstream kernels imply that I have to fetch out myself any time a new 3.8 versions comes around the corner?