-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2012-5701 2012-04-12 01:01:45 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : kernel Product : Fedora 17 Version : 3.3.1 Release : 5.fc17 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: There was a regression at the DVB core, affecting applications that require the DVB status before having a lock. In order to allow a broader test (including my environment). All new patches from the upstream media tree up to Apr, 10 got backported plus the fix patches, in order to have, among other things, the az6007 and af9035 drivers backported. Various bugfixes. This also enables RC6 on SandyBridge i915 GPUs by default. Rebase to latest upstream stable 3.3.1 release. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #808871 - DVB-S is broken since kernel 3.3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808871 [ 2 ] Bug #807656 - V4L-utils should be upgraded to add dvb-fe-tool https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807656 [ 3 ] Bug #806676 - Regression: SATA hot swap broken - one CPU goes 100% - unable to synchronize and stop disk https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806676 [ 4 ] Bug #806433 - [abrt] kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000180 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806433 [ 5 ] Bug #808603 - i2400m null pointer dereference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808603 [ 6 ] Bug #783561 - pti_exit() BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783561 [ 7 ] Bug #807632 - Hot-swapping e-sata disks fails in kernel 3.3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807632 [ 8 ] Bug #807396 - kernel-2.6.42.12-1.fc15.x86_64 prevents various system types from booting https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807396 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-announce
