Fedora 15 Update: kernel-2.6.38-0.rc5.git1.1.fc15

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-1684
2011-02-17 22:21:19
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 2.6.38
Release     : 0.rc5.git1.1.fc15
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.

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Update Information:

Update to 2.6.38-rc5-git1:  
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5  
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.38-rc5-git1.log  

Also:  
Fix memory corruption caused by network bridging code. (#650151)

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #676860 - Sierra 308 vendor code change
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676860
  [ 2 ] Bug #677713 - virtio_console is module for x86_64 but is builtin into i386
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677713
  [ 3 ] Bug #672265 - "Install to harddrive" fails with "not a live image"
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672265
  [ 4 ] Bug #675934 - kernel BUG at fs/namei.c:405
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675934
  [ 5 ] Bug #677417 - Backlight regression (2.6.38)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677417
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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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