Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.3.6-3.fc17

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-7974
2012-05-17 22:49:50
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 3.3.6
Release     : 3.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:

Stable kernel release 3.3.6 contains a number of bug fixes
Fix a DVB-S zig-zag regression on kernel 3.3. Without this patch, some DVB-S channels may not be successfully detected.
Linux 3.3.4 stable update contains numerous bug fixes
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ChangeLog:

* Wed May 16 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes at redhat.com> 3.3.6-3
- fix rtl8187: ->brightness_set can not sleep (rhbz 795176)
* Wed May 16 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Update the vgaarb patches to pick up a small switcheroo fix from airlied
* Tue May 15 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis at ausil.us>
- add patch to setup usb correctly on beagleboards
- allows networking to work
* Tue May 15 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Fixup atl1c register programming (rhbz 749276)
* Mon May 14 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes at redhat.com> 3.3.6-1
- Linux 3.3.6
* Mon May 14 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Enable DRM_VIA again per Adam Jackson
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #749276 - AR9285 wireless card make system freezed
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749276
  [ 2 ] Bug #795176 - [abrt] kernel: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/workqueue.c:2547
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795176
  [ 3 ] Bug #814404 - DVB-S still broken for some cards when kernel is 3.3, works fine under kernel 3.2
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814404
  [ 4 ] Bug #783708 - [abrt] kernel: [171983.719051] WARNING: at drivers/base/firmware_class.c:537 _request_firmware+0x42e/0x450()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783708
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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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