Fedora 9 Update: kernel-2.6.25.10-86.fc9
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-6198
2008-07-15 04:40:36
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 9
Version : 2.6.25.10
Release : 86.fc9
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 kernel from version 2.6.25.9 to 2.6.25.10:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10 Bugs: 453464
- S/PDIF data loops on paused trident card 451567 - Remove the Rio500 driver
453390 - wifi problems with kernel 2.6.25.9-74 Wireless driver updates: -
Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-07-02 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-
netdev&m=121503163124089&w=2) - Apply Stefan Becker's fix for bad hunk of
wireless build fixups for 2.6.25
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453390#c36) - Upstream wireless
updates from 2008-06-30 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-
wireless&m=121486432315033&w=2) - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-30
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121485709702728&w=2) - Upstream wireless
updates from 2008-06-27 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-
wireless&m=121458164930953&w=2)
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Jul 7 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-86
- Fix USB interrupt handling with shared interrupts.
* Fri Jul 4 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-85
- Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-07-02
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121503163124089&w=2)
- Apply Stefan Becker's fix for bad hunk of wireless build fixups for 2.6.25
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453390#c36)
* Fri Jul 4 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Better fix for the Nikon D80 usb-storage quirk.
* Thu Jul 3 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Add USB Storage quirk for Nikon D40 with new firmware.
* Thu Jul 3 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-82
- Linux 2.6.25.10
- Reverted stable patch, not needed with utrace:
x86_64-ptrace-fix-sys32_ptrace-task_struct-leak.patch
- Reverted part of this stable patch against drivers/net/wireless/strip.c
(the driver eventually gets removed as part of the wireless updates):
tty-fix-for-tty-operations-bugs.patch
* Wed Jul 2 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-81
- Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-30
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121486432315033&w=2)
* Tue Jul 1 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Shorten summary in specfile.
* Mon Jun 30 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-79
- Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-30
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121485709702728&w=2)
- Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-27
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121458164930953&w=2)
* Mon Jun 30 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Disable rio500 driver (bz 451567)
* Mon Jun 30 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- ALSA: trident - pause s/pdif output (#453464)
* Fri Jun 27 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-76
- Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-27
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121459423021061&w=2)
* Fri Jun 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-75
- Fix bluetooth keyboard disconnect (#449872)
* Wed Jun 25 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-74
- Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-25
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121440912502527&w=2)
* Tue Jun 24 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-73
- Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-14
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121346686508160&w=2)
* Tue Jun 24 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.9-72
- Linux 2.6.25.9
* Tue Jun 24 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.8-71
- pppolt2p: fix heap overflow (CVE-2008-2750) (#452111)
* Mon Jun 23 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.8-70
- libata: retry enable of AHCI mode before reporting an error (#452595)
* Mon Jun 23 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.8-69
- Linux 2.6.25.8
- Patches reverted from 2.6.25.8, already in Fedora:
b43-fix-noise-calculation-warn_on.patch
b43-fix-possible-null-pointer-dereference-in-dma-code.patch
* Sun Jun 22 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.25.7-68
- update drm update to fix a bug.
* Fri Jun 20 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> 2.6.25.7-67
- Fix hpwdt driver to not oops on init. (452183)
* Fri Jun 20 2008 Jarod Wilson <jwilson at redhat.com> 2.6.25.7-66
- firewire: add phy config packet send timeout, prevents deadlock
with flaky ALi controllers (#446763, #444694)
* Thu Jun 19 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.25.7-65
- update radeon patches to newer upstream
* Mon Jun 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.7-64
- Linux 2.6.25.7
- Don't apply upstream-reverts patch to -vanilla kernels.
- Dropped patches:
linux-2.6-alsa-emu10k1-fix-audigy2.patch
linux-2.6-netlink-fix-parse-of-nested-attributes.patch
linux-2.6-af_key-fix-selector-family-initialization.patch
linux-2.6-mmc-wbsd-fix-request_irq.patch
- Reverted wireless patches from 2.6.25.7, already in Fedora:
b43-fix-controller-restart-crash.patch
mac80211-send-association-event-on-ibss-create.patch
ssb-fix-context-assertion-in-ssb_pcicore_dev_irqvecs_enable.patch
* Sun Jun 15 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.6-63
- Make rsync able to write to VFAT partitions again. (#449080)
* Sat Jun 14 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.6-62
- Replace eeepc driver with upstream eeepc_laptop driver.
* Sat Jun 14 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.6-61
- Enable Controller Area Networking (F8#451179)
* Fri Jun 13 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.6-60
- Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-13
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121339101523260&w=2)
* Tue Jun 10 2008 Roland McGrath <roland at redhat.com> - 2.6.25.6-58
- Fix i386 syscall tracing and PTRACE_SYSEMU, had broken UML. (#449909)
* Tue Jun 10 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.6-57
- Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-09
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121304710726632&w=2)
- Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-09
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121304710526613&w=2)
* Tue Jun 10 2008 Roland McGrath <roland at redhat.com> - 2.6.25.6-54
- Fix spurious BUG_ON in tracehook_release_task. (#443552)
* Mon Jun 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.6-53
- Fix oops in wbsd MMC driver when card is present during boot (#449817)
* Mon Jun 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.6-52
- Fix init if af_key sockets (F8#450499)
* Mon Jun 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.6-51
- Sync ACPI patches with F-8 kernel.
* Mon Jun 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.6-50
- Linux 2.6.25.6
- Dropped patches:
linux-2.6-x86-fix-asm-constraint-in-do_IRQ.patch
linux-2.6-x86-pci-revert-remove-default-rom-allocation.patch
linux-2.6-x86-dont-read-maxlvt-if-apic-unmapped.patch
linux-2.6-x86-fix-setup-of-cyc2ns-in-tsc_64.patch
linux-2.6-x86-prevent-pge-flush-from-interruption.patch
linux-2.6-cifs-fix-unc-path-prefix.patch
linux-2.6-ext34-xattr-fix.patch
linux-2.6-xfs-small-buffer-reads.patch
linux-2.6-net-iptables-add-xt_iprange-aliases.patch
linux-2.6-caps-remain-source-compatible-with-32-bit.patch
linux-2.6-libata-force-hardreset-in-sleep-mode.patch
- Updated patches:
linux-2.6-input-fix_fn_key_on_macbookpro_4_1_and_mb_air.patch
* Fri Jun 6 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.5-49
- Fix the specfile to match the kernel version.
* Fri Jun 6 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.5-48
- Linux 2.6.25.5
* Fri Jun 6 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-47
- Make 64-bit capabilities backwards-compatible with old user programs (#447518)
* Fri Jun 6 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-46
- Fix Audigy2 ZS audio adapter hang (#242208)
* Thu Jun 5 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-45
- Kill spurious applesmc debug messages (#448056)
* Thu Jun 5 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-44
- Make DMA work again on atiixp PATA devices (#450191)
* Thu Jun 5 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-43
- Fix docking when docking station has a bay device (bug reported on IRC.)
* Tue Jun 3 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-42
- Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-03
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121252137324941&w=2)
* Mon Jun 2 2008 Jarod Wilson <jwilson at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-41
- Fix oops in lirc_i2c module
- Add lirc support for latest MCE receivers
* Thu May 29 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-39
- Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-05-28
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121201250110162&w=2)
* Wed May 28 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-38
- drm-radeon-update.patch - Add R500 support along with updated radeon driver
* Wed May 28 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-37
- Fix parsing of netlink messages (#447812)
* Tue May 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-36
- Fix two hard-to-reproduce x86 bugs:
x86: fix sched_clock when calibrated against PIT
x86: don't allow flush_tlb_all to be interrupted
* Tue May 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-35
- input: fix function keys on macbook pro 4,1 and air (#445761)
* Tue May 27 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-34
- Upstream wireless updates from 2008-05-22
(http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121146112404515&w=2)
* Tue May 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-33
- libata: fix hangs on undock (#439197)
- libata: fix problems with some old/broken CF hardware (F8 #224005)
* Thu May 22 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-32
- Disable CONFIG_DMAR. This is terminally broken in the presence of a broken BIOS
* Wed May 21 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-31
- Clean up specfile a bit.
* Wed May 21 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-30
- libertas: Fix ethtool statistics
- mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in ieee80211_compatible_rates
- mac80211: don't claim iwspy support
- rtl8187: resource leak in error case
- hostap_cs: add ID for Conceptronic CON11CPro
- orinoco_cs: add ID for SpeedStream wireless adapters
* Tue May 20 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-29
- virtio_net: free transmit skbs in a timer (#444765)
* Tue May 20 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-28
- Disable the group scheduler (CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED) (#446192)
- x86: don't read the APIC if it's not mapped (#447183)
* Tue May 20 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-27
- x86: don't map VDSO into userspace when it's disabled (#229304)
- x86: fix ASM constraint in do_IRQ()
- x86: map PCI ROM by default again (F8 #440644)
* Mon May 19 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-26
- Re-sync wireless bits w/ current upstream
* Mon May 19 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-24
- Disable PATA_ISAPNP (it's busted).
* Fri May 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-23
- ALSA: add support for AD1883/1884A/1984A/1984B codecs and Thinkpad X300 (#445954)
* Fri May 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-22
- iptables: make firewall scripts using iprange work again (#446827)
- Enable the snd-serial-u16550 audio driver (#446783)
* Fri May 16 2008 Eric Sandeen <esandeen at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-21
- xfs: Fix memory corruption with small buffer reads (kernel.org #10421)
* Thu May 15 2008 Eric Sandeen <esandeen at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-20
- ext3/4: fix uninitialized bs in ext3/4_xattr_set_handle()
* Thu May 15 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.4-19
- Linux 2.6.25.4
Dropped patches:
- linux-2.6.25-sparc64-semctl.patch
- linux-2.6-libata-ata_piix-check-sidpr.patch
* Mon May 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.3-18
- CIFS: fix UNC path prefix to have the correct slash (#443681)
* Mon May 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.25.3-17
- Linux 2.6.25.3
Drop patches merged in 2.6.25.3:
linux-2.6.25-sparc64-mmap_check_fix.patch
linux-2.6-md-fix-oops-in-rdev_attr_store.patch
* Wed May 7 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> 2.6.25.2-16
- Fix sparc64 kernel crash in mmap_check (Dave Miller)
* Wed May 7 2008 Kyle McMartin <kmcmartin at redhat.com> 2.6.25.2-15
- Linux 2.6.25.2
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #451567 - Remove the Rio500 driver
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451567
[ 2 ] Bug #453390 - wifi problems with kernel 2.6.25.9-74
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453390
[ 3 ] Bug #453464 - S/PDIF data loops on paused trident card
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453464
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