-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2012-7974 2012-05-17 22:49:50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : kernel Product : Fedora 17 Version : 3.3.6 Release : 3.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: Stable kernel release 3.3.6 contains a number of bug fixes Fix a DVB-S zig-zag regression on kernel 3.3. Without this patch, some DVB-S channels may not be successfully detected. Linux 3.3.4 stable update contains numerous bug fixes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed May 16 2012 Justin M. Forbes <[email protected]> 3.3.6-3 - fix rtl8187: ->brightness_set can not sleep (rhbz 795176) * Wed May 16 2012 Josh Boyer <[email protected]> - Update the vgaarb patches to pick up a small switcheroo fix from airlied * Tue May 15 2012 Dennis Gilmore <[email protected]> - add patch to setup usb correctly on beagleboards - allows networking to work * Tue May 15 2012 Josh Boyer <[email protected]> - Fixup atl1c register programming (rhbz 749276) * Mon May 14 2012 Justin M. Forbes <[email protected]> 3.3.6-1 - Linux 3.3.6 * Mon May 14 2012 Josh Boyer <[email protected]> - Enable DRM_VIA again per Adam Jackson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #749276 - AR9285 wireless card make system freezed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749276 [ 2 ] Bug #795176 - [abrt] kernel: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/workqueue.c:2547 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795176 [ 3 ] Bug #814404 - DVB-S still broken for some cards when kernel is 3.3, works fine under kernel 3.2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814404 [ 4 ] Bug #783708 - [abrt] kernel: [171983.719051] WARNING: at drivers/base/firmware_class.c:537 _request_firmware+0x42e/0x450() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783708 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
