Fedora 8 Update: kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2007-2986
2007-11-09 23:35:17.827715
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 8
Version     : 2.6.23.1
Release     : 49.fc8
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
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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Update Information:

Wireless driver updates.
Two suspend/resume fixes.
Sound updates: fixes volume drift and static on some systems.
CIFS and NFS fixes for infrequent data corruption.
Add Powerbook input driver to x86_64 kernel.
Fix X hang at startup with Radeon X800 GTO PCIe adapter.
Fix hang in spider_net ethernet driver.
Restore platform driver aliases; fixes PC speaker driver autoload.
Fix panics in teql scheduler and l2tp protocol.
utrace update: fixes some bugs on powerpc.
Fix sometimes inaccurate calibration of the TSC clocksource.
Fix return of stale data after direct-io write.
Add support for some new Wacom tablets.

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ChangeLog:

* Thu Nov  8 2007 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- Resync wireless bits from current upstream
* Wed Nov  7 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- md/raid5: fix misapplication of previous patch
- net: fix panic removing devices from teql secheduler
- net: fix oops in l2tp transmit and receive
- nfs: fix writeback race causing data corruption
- x86 setup: fix boot on 486DX4 processor
* Tue Nov  6 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- update utrace
* Tue Nov  6 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- ALSA updates:
   hda: revert STAC92XX volume control changes (#354981)
   hda: add STAC92XX DMIC support
   hda: disable shared stream on AD1986A
   cmipci: fix wrong definitions
- CIFS: fix corruption when server returns EAGAIN (#357001)
- ACPI: suspend/resume fixes
- drivers: restore platform driver modaliases
- x86: fix tsc clocksource calibration
- x86_64: fix global tlb flushing bug
- hidinput: add powerbook driver to x86_64 config (#358721)
- spider_net: fix hang
- mm: fix invalid ptrace access causing kernel hang
- direct-io: fix return of stale data after DIO write
- md/raid5: fix data corruption in some failure cases
- serial: add IDs for some new Wacom tablets (#352811)
* Tue Nov  6 2007 David Airlie <airlied at redhat.com>
- Fix bug 228414 - X hangs at startup with Radeon X800 GTO PCIe with DRI
* Sat Nov  3 2007 David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at redhat.com>
- Apply PS3 EHCI workaround to make rebooting work when hci_usb is loaded
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #358721 - Fn key in Macbook Pro does not work
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=358721
  [ 2 ] Bug #357001 - task->mm or slab corruption with CIFS
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357001
  [ 3 ] Bug #354981 - Problem with sound after using the new alsa-kernel
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354981
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Updated packages:

9f7d76d9f77b9361f4fc3c173cbad7bd93a35652 kernel-doc-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.noarch.rpm
e1ad674222bc6afbad49a18b452bc39db63f2ee3 kernel-headers-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i386.rpm
917f09276cad3be219a32fc3710332a2f796da28 kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
e8365ca4b76be641d20745e53067a0c10b3364ec kernel-PAE-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
da7e6aba6c4d07265df6bbb5468d27ca24f56e78 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
c424f7f54175acc4801ccfe46bec9788c3ff7b30 kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
3d193eab5eaac8b5f30b375319f5ed925d8e7c3a kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
4b6d5fc77b739871779e052b74f23639e93bc7a9 kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
352c12c1e9eedc59e94a0d0eb738d620ebc85285 kernel-debug-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
a38ff2ba4333ab6f2055a7f81d96f275f20e2423 kernel-PAE-debug-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
731818ea816673e8f60f77bc1c5d2c154732b4aa kernel-debug-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
5769d75bc7480f6a293fc8ef5e64bf93357fe1b0 kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
fccac8febc6b4b86d6dcfe33874ef41ae779f285 kernel-PAE-debug-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
775bfa91e7e324b77d6dbfc1f53847ff104b5a3e kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
8d8cee02a54e74c0b3deabecef61677d89673ec7 kernel-PAE-debug-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i686.rpm
0bb8961c78efef416139f6150c1626f8a5afe5f1 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc64.rpm
3f14bc1d651601c022980fad4eb2ff99daf18c65 kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc64.rpm
5ef9f3f05a588109ae9f006cad24ec463a8f9cae kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc64.rpm
bbbf5bd6d25a255cdaabf0bfeab0cef25fa1a8e9 kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc64.rpm
635e60d5960c99f45f67966f7786531c52f1b94c kernel-headers-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc64.rpm
f4c3b61f7ec5fc0f7a60a1556995d7ff93df4b0b kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc64.rpm
5d1730bdb2d5393e042bcdd6cf3920aa8b583782 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc64.rpm
e762e47bf325c5b0218d82d08e4c96dc583921b8 kernel-kdump-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc64.rpm
1bb968b55aca054bcd784fe85cc5cae779b13e35 kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i586.rpm
e10932f14f84338c3bccb2cb586a53d41c982568 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i586.rpm
9965ec1087c88f417c9f8c0858e62d00560dd3d7 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i586.rpm
0f2a4e438ee8d6786e4b34c94e9b2a11f924bb11 kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.i586.rpm
be85f875a05b50a6b07cbbf8768dc16dde0c1505 kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.x86_64.rpm
f0cff1238fd149a6471a00f80075de9a2331f5ec kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.x86_64.rpm
86762b13bbe85037e542a818a963ea0547a81d37 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.x86_64.rpm
b339ed90f82cbbf2490016bc9a2ad3d4ec9e7cee kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.x86_64.rpm
488af2ec058f97bb0d0ff8637ccb69c24c9cf730 kernel-headers-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.x86_64.rpm
3c7af443d36f69c4cd07d0db6fd79d7755d0c99e kernel-debug-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.x86_64.rpm
e3c86cde2c8070695ca09bf7b2bee380805c7a93 kernel-debug-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.x86_64.rpm
f8ea9af018d42a6aa297c7125a4a88c303714e04 kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.x86_64.rpm
bdab5bff7cb9643ec4b550c6bde6f099f636c147 kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc.rpm
4750f77c6ffcb30379dcf09ff37786e7ab42b06f kernel-smp-devel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc.rpm
53437768152e3d398ba522022234eb5dcfd848b6 kernel-smp-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc.rpm
9999466dfd62ebb90d4a0e5cbfd4b009039c3744 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc.rpm
66b91a203f64fcefb87a500bcbe22b24dcd61f45 kernel-smp-debuginfo-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc.rpm
62e6bd1fba18d5faa17e47d5ddca55e19669d4d3 kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc.rpm
8d4d9c527752a7bf80b3f128af43b9a1b51a1aac kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc.rpm
b3b9307138fa2601631e4288b888ee54ad781622 kernel-headers-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.ppc.rpm
5010586dd5f26e4fae11272f3d65176806236718 kernel-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.src.rpm

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/.
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