Fedora 8 Update: kernel-2.6.26.3-14.fc8

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-7595
2008-09-10 03:44:00.309189
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 8
Version     : 2.6.26.3
Release     : 14.fc8
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 2.6.25.14 to 2.6.26.3:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.2
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.3    Includes a fix
for the ACPI processor bug found in 2.6.26.1 and 2.6.25.14.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Sep  3 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-14
- [CIFS] Turn off Unicode during session establishment for plaintext authentication
- atl1: disable TSO by default
- x86: PAT proper tracking of set_memory_uc and friends
* Tue Sep  2 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-13
- Restore most of the drivers dropped in the 2.6.26 update. (#460853)
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-12
- x86-32: amd c1e force timer broadcast late
  (fixes failure to disable local apic timer)
- mm: dirty page tracking race fix
- block: submit_bh() inadvertently discards barrier flag on a sync write
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-11
- Fix cpuidle misbehavior. (F9#459214)
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-10
- Add two bio patches scheduled for -stable.
* Sat Aug 30 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-9
- x86: fix oprofile + hibernation badness (F9#459413)
* Fri Aug 29 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-8
- USB: fix hcd interrupt disabling (F9#457165)
* Fri Aug 29 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-7
- x86-64: fix overlap of modules and fixmap areas
- x86: fdiv bug detection fix (F9#197455)
* Fri Aug 29 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-6
- Silence MMCONFIG printk during boot.
* Fri Aug 22 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.3-5
- Linux 2.6.26.3
  Upstream revert:
    rtl8187-fix-lockups-due-to-concurrent-access-to-config-routine.patch
  New wireless patch:
    linux-2.6-wireless-stable-backports.patch
- Disable the snd_pcsp driver. (F9#459477)
* Tue Aug 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.2-3
- Fix obvious bug in ACPI processor driver.
* Sat Aug  9 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com>
- make nouveau drm apply again
* Fri Aug  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.26.2-1
- Linux 2.6.26.2
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #459043 - ACPI: Critical trip point - Critical temperature reached, shutting down.
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459043
  [ 2 ] Bug #460853 - PPC kernel missing wireless drivers
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460853
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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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