Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.3.0-0.rc3.git7.2.fc17

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-1948
2012-02-18 02:23:42
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 3.3.0
Release     : 0.rc3.git7.2.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:

Fixes the above bug and some other issues in similar areas.
Linux 3.3-rc3-git6

Require newer linux-firmware package for updated bnx2/bnx2x drivers
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #790537 - [abrt] kernel: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:729 do_device_not_available+0x33/0x40()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790537
  [ 2 ] Bug #789641 - WARNING: at include/linux/rcupdate.h:242 __atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xf1/0x130()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789641
  [ 3 ] Bug #789644 - arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c:194 suspicious rcu_dereference_index_check() usage!
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789644
  [ 4 ] Bug #790367 - ccache keyring test fails on s390
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790367
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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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