Fedora 9 Update: kernel-2.6.26.3-29.fc9
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-7261
2008-09-05 10:28:53
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 9
Version : 2.6.26.3
Release : 29.fc9
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 2.6.25.14 to 2.6.26.3:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.2
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.3 Includes a fix
for the ACPI processor bug found in 2.6.26.1 and 2.6.25.14. The snd-pcsp
driver has been removed in this release. The VIA Padlock driver has been
temporarily removed. This release restores ppc32 drivers inadvertently
removed in earlier 2.6.26 kernels.
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ChangeLog:
* Wed Sep 3 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-29
- [CIFS] Turn off Unicode during session establishment for plaintext authentication
- atl1: disable TSO by default
- x86: PAT proper tracking of set_memory_uc and friends
* Tue Sep 2 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-28
- Restore most of the drivers dropped in the 2.6.26 update. (F8#460853)
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-27
- x86-32: amd c1e force timer broadcast late
(fixes failure to disable local apic timer)
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-26
- mm: dirty page tracking race fix
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-25
- block: submit_bh() inadvertently discards barrier flag on a sync write
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-24
- Fix cpuidle misbehavior. (#459214)
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-23
- Add two bio patches scheduled for -stable.
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-22
- specfile: don't use the latest stable update as the vanilla directory.
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-21
- x86: fix oprofile + hibernation badness (#459413)
* Fri Aug 29 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-20
- x86: add Presario F700 to io_delay quirk list. (#459546)
* Fri Aug 29 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-19
- USB: fix hcd interrupt disabling (#457165)
* Fri Aug 29 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-18
- x86-64: fix overlap of modules and fixmap areas
- x86: fdiv bug detection fix (#197455)
* Fri Aug 22 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-17
- Linux 2.6.26.3
Dropped patches:
linux-2.6-usb-storage-nikond80-quirk.patch
Upstream revert:
rtl8187-fix-lockups-due-to-concurrent-access-to-config-routine.patch
New wireless patch:
linux-2.6-wireless-stable-backports.patch
* Fri Aug 22 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.2-16
- Disable the snd_pcsp driver. (#459477)
* Thu Aug 14 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> 2.6.26.2-15
- Silence MMCONFIG printk during boot.
* Sat Aug 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.2-14
- Fix obvious bug in ACPI processor driver.
* Sat Aug 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.2-13
- Disable VIA Padlock driver for now; it can cause oopses.
* Wed Aug 6 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.2-12
- Linux 2.6.26.2
* Wed Aug 6 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Own all the modules.* files in /lib/modules. (#456857)
* Wed Aug 6 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.26.1-10
- fix drm patch to not export a static.
* Tue Aug 5 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.1-9
- Hopefully fix build on ppc64.
* Tue Aug 5 2008 Jarod Wilson <jwilson at redhat.com> 2.6.26.1-8
- updated firewire stack w/bugfixes and iso timestamp support
- updated lirc drivers w/new device support
* Tue Aug 5 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.1-7
- Drop already-merged patches, fix up PS3 bootloader patch.
* Tue Aug 5 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.26.1-6
- rebase drm into 2.6.26 in one super patch
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #457165 - Kernel 2.6.25.10-86 and following are not bootable
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457165
[ 2 ] Bug #456857 - dkms remove seems to affect proper kernel uninstall
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456857
[ 3 ] Bug #197455 - dmesg says CPU has Pentium F0 0F bug..../proc/cpuinfo says it hasnt
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=197455
[ 4 ] Bug #457467 - Patches for Quad PPC970 PowerStation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457467
[ 5 ] Bug #459413 - Suspend + WARNING + WQ on CPU0, prefer CPU1, corrupt root fs (TAINTED)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459413
[ 6 ] Bug #459479 - Kernel goes into thermal shutdown very easily
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459479
[ 7 ] Bug #459546 - cpu 50%hi because of ehci_hcd
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459546
[ 8 ] Bug #458901 - cannot start udev - computer cannot start with 2.6.26 kernels
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458901
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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/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
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