Fedora 20 Update: linux-firmware-20140605-38.gita4f3bc03.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-7153
2014-06-10 01:52:55
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Name        : linux-firmware
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 20140605
Release     : 38.gita4f3bc03.fc20
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : Firmware files used by the Linux kernel
Description :
This package includes firmware files required for some devices to
operate.

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Update Information:

Update to latest upstream git snapshot.  Fixes for Intel, radeon, realtek and various other firmwares.

Note: The bugs listed for this update require both kernel and firmware changes.  The kernel changes are not integrated yet, and we will close the bugs once both updates are pushed to stable.
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Jun  5 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org> - 20140605-38.gita4f3bc03
- Updates for Intel 3160/7260/7265 firmware (1087717)
- Add firmware for rtl8723be (rhbz 1091753)
- Updates for radeon CIK, SI/CI, and Mullins/Beema GPUs (rhbz 1094153)
- Various other firmware updates
* Mon Mar 17 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org>
- Updates for Intel 3160/7260 and BCM43362 (rhbz 1071590)
* Tue Mar  4 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org>
- Fixup Intel wireless package descriptions and Source0 (rhbz 1070600)
* Fri Jan 31 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org> - 20140131-35.gitd7f8a7c8
- Update to new snapshot
- Updates for Intel 3160/7260, radeon HAWAII GPUs, and some rtlwifi chips
- Fixes bugs 815579 1046935
* Tue Oct  1 2013 Kyle McMartin <kyle at fedoraproject.org> - 20131001-32.gitb8ac7c7e
- Update to a new git snapshot, drop radeon patches.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1087717 - iwl7260 wifi poor connection
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087717
  [ 2 ] Bug #1091753 - Firmware(rtl8723befw.bin) for the Realtek 8723BE 802.11n PCI wireless(rtl8723be)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091753
  [ 3 ] Bug #1094153 - Regression: Screen corruption and system freezes  with kernel 3.14.2 and Radeon 260x (BONAIRE)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094153
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update linux-firmware' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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