Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.3.0-8.fc17

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Thu Apr 12 02:58:51 UTC 2012


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-4888
2012-03-30 02:52:48
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 3.3.0
Release     : 8.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.

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Update Information:

A variety of bug fixes.  This should also fix an ASPM regression that prevented certain machines from booting with the 3.3 kernel.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #808075 - disable_nx should not be in __cpuinitdata section for X86_32
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808075
  [ 2 ] Bug #770476 - [abrt] kernel: WARNING: at /builddir/build/BUILD/kernel-3.1.fc16/compat-wireless-3.2-rc6-3/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c:1330 iwlagn_mac_remove_interface+0x98/0x120 [iwlwifi]()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=770476
  [ 3 ] Bug #807733 - Move the 9p kernel modules back into main RPM
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807733
  [ 4 ] Bug #804347 - Crash early in xen dom0 boot with 3.2.10-3 kernel
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804347
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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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