Fedora Core 4 Test Update: kernel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4

[dragoran]

Dave Jones wrote:

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>Fedora Test Update Notification
>FEDORA-2005-032
>2006-01-12
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>Product     : Fedora Core 4
>Name        : kernel
>Version     : 2.6.15                      
>Release     : 1.1824_FC4                  
>Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
>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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>* Thu Jan 12 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.15-1.1824_FC4]
>- Remove broken vm debug patch.
>- kill blk_attempt_merge() which was horribly broken.
>- Fix booting issue on x86-64 ATI systems.
>* Mon Jan  9 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
>- Reenable Squashfs.
>* Fri Jan  6 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
>- Enable nvram driver for x86-64
>- Fix posix-cpu-timers sched_time accumulation.
>* Fri Jan  6 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.15-1.1823_FC4]
>- Reduce block layer stack usage.
>- Set reboot through BIOS for HP laptops.
>
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>This update can be downloaded from:
>  http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/4/
>
>5312399499e070e37a449e512e6a76ee05a1a764  SRPMS/kernel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.src.rpm
>4303793dcea4db9aafee8a1baa7a9ba8baa905dc  ppc/kernel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.ppc.rpm
>f873d3782787aaecdd4e8877beedccdb71fcf993  ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.ppc.rpm
>6fc8d97eac960c9d46e0ddfd721c7fe09480fdb5  ppc/kernel-smp-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.ppc.rpm
>b129a15f34f7f1cc70d494532dc3bccb00ab0ad4  ppc/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.ppc.rpm
>836c2caf529ac108ba743d50a96213aaa734ae54  ppc/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.ppc.rpm
>5b6eb2ce6214fd684b725eed44f6f91106c47f3c  ppc/kernel-doc-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.noarch.rpm
>a83804e0b24cc451adb236615e1c0f1f47ca1978  x86_64/kernel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.x86_64.rpm
>e1212a157a65030cc18ead8827a4b766c63b711c  x86_64/kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.x86_64.rpm
>36403c4688d1ff508951c2353a9cbaa09d66712f  x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.x86_64.rpm
>07e726b3bcef27122f5e95939424653643a9b7e0  x86_64/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.x86_64.rpm
>030cfd8e2ddb28decf0ca60a174337a64bf057f8  x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.x86_64.rpm
>5b6eb2ce6214fd684b725eed44f6f91106c47f3c  x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.noarch.rpm
>7cc94d13f362fc121a8b531edcd195e9afdde962  i386/kernel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.i586.rpm
>c5f38d8ab3bc9bda4809cf1d04917eac40eb356c  i386/kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.i586.rpm
>3a94ae70db11e4a00aaf36f43a3de5cc58ed8a46  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.i586.rpm
>fe36a5ca032f3132850a2630927f77cc33456669  i386/kernel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.i686.rpm
>bb08121ab605be12ef5f08772b5b42300004acca  i386/kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.i686.rpm
>a44619c7b5a7358e119cba4fe3d76f77354fde7a  i386/kernel-smp-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.i686.rpm
>97bb323c2362d917a14ed3346a7538859fd61259  i386/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.i686.rpm
>178dd50520395e500173daac355c23f9a18840b5  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.i686.rpm
>5b6eb2ce6214fd684b725eed44f6f91106c47f3c  i386/kernel-doc-2.6.15-1.1824_FC4.noarch.rpm
>
>This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
>launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.  You may 
>need to edit your up2date channels configuration.  Within 
>/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources enable the following line: 
>yum updates-testing http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/4/$ARCH
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I have some problems with this kernel see:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113722707726743&w=2
(haven't tested any older one new mobo)