Will FC8 be getting the 2.6.24-2 kernel?

[Jim Cornette]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 27 January 2008, Jim Cornette wrote:
>> Arch Willingham wrote:
>>> Will FC8 be getting the new 2.6.24 kernel?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Arch
>> You don't want this kernel to be introduced into this version of Fedora.
>> It has problems like locking up on boot at creating /dev/rtc exists and
>> also problems with the Cisco Wireless driver card.
>>
>> You can get it from rawhide by updating mkinitrd and nash followed by
>> pulling in the kernel. In my experience the later version breaks things.
>>
>> Jim
> 
> I'm running it, hand built, here, and cannot report either problem.  I did 
> have to do a hardware reset early this morning, my boot drive was reporting a 
> tummy ache that has me worried about its health.  This is the last of about 10 
> such instances that made the log, but since the reboot, its all kewl again:
> =========
> Jan 27 07:49:00 coyote kernel: [212422.267528] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
> Jan 27 07:49:00 coyote kernel: [212422.267539] ata1.00: cmd 35/00:a8:41:19:09/00:01:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 217088 out
> Jan 27 07:49:00 coyote kernel: [212422.267545] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
> Jan 27 07:49:00 coyote kernel: [212422.267573] ata1: soft resetting link
> Jan 27 07:49:00 coyote kernel: [212422.429810] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
> Jan 27 07:49:00 coyote kernel: [212422.429826] ata1: EH complete
> ==========
> and the new log starts after that, and is nominal now.
> 
> Smartd had been spamming the logs before that but reading the temps
> wrong by doing a double C->F conversion, reporting the temp as >120C
> when it wasn't even 95F according to a finger laid on it.  That drive
> is in the bottom of the tower and runs 5F warmer than the other 2
> which are in 3.5-5.25 adapters with builtin cooling fans.  I have
> started a 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' on it now for additional info.
> The drive isn't that old. POH=27754.
> 

ps axf shows the wireless card that is having problems. I'm currently 
running 2.6.24-2.fc9

Jim
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