Fedora 8 Update: kernel-2.6.26.5-28.fc8

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-8312
2008-10-01 06:01:13
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 8
Version     : 2.6.26.5
Release     : 28.fc8
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

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Update Information:

Update kernel from version 2.6.26.3 to 2.6.26.5:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.5    Plus
additional patches scheduled for inclusion in 2.6.26.6.    Bugs fixed (all
reported against Fedora 9):    453023 - e1000/e1000e driver doesn't work with
gigabit connection  459103 - kexec/kdump panics on HP Proliant  462375 -
2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686: stacktrace on usb disk plug in  453257 - Seemingly non-
working process is messing with process scheduler.  461438 - Intel Corporation
82567LM Gigabit Network device not working  455833 - Marvell 88SE6121 PATA not
recognized correctly  462210 - Macbook Pro stuck on kernel load
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ChangeLog:

* Sat Sep 20 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-28
- pci: three patches to disable PCIe ASPM on old devices/systems (F9#462210)
* Fri Sep 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-27
- libata-sff: kill spurious WARN_ON() in ata_hsm_move()
   Pointed-out-by: Arjan van de Ven (9c2676b61a5a4b6d99e65fb2f438fb3914302eda)
* Fri Sep 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-26
- wireless: rt2500pci: restoring missing line (from F9)
* Fri Sep 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-25
- x86: pci: detect end_bus_number according to acpi/e820 reserved, v2 (F9#462210)
* Fri Sep 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-24
- utrace: Fix common oops in ptrace EPERM case (from F9)
* Fri Sep 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-23
- Backport KVM Intel MSR fix (efa67e0d1f51842393606034051d805ab9948abd)
* Sun Sep 14 2008 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-22
- Turn off CONFIG_ACPI_SYSFS_POWER again, got enabled by mistake when
  the (unaffected, since hal is newer) Fedora 9 config files were copied
  for Fedora 8. (F8#452356,F8#373041)
* Sat Sep 13 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-21
- Copy F9 patches into F8:
    libata: fix DMA mode mismatches
    libata: interpret the LBA28 spec properly
    Add two patches scheduled for 2.6.26-stable:
      cifs: fix plaintext authentication
      mm:   mark correct zone full when scanning zonelists
    Fix problems with scheduler clock going backwards (F9#453257)
    x86: fix memmap=exactmap argument, fixing kdump in some cases (F9#459103)
* Sat Sep 13 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-20
- Fix problems with AMT on e1000e (F9#453023)
* Thu Sep 11 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-19
- Don't use ahci driver for marvell controllers. (F9#455833)
* Wed Sep 10 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-18
- Add support for 82567LM-4 to the e1000e driver (F9#461438)
* Mon Sep  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-17
- HPET fixes from 2.6.27
* Mon Sep  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.5-16
- Linux 2.6.26.5
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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