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Fedora Core 4: FEDORA-2005-510 Moderate Kernel Update Enhances Stability

fedora
Calendar Grey July 1, 2005
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora Core 4's kernel upgrade boosts system reliability by introducing vital changes and enhanced security protocols.
Updated package.

Summary

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.

- 2.6.12.2

* Mon Jun 27 2005 Dave Jones

- Disable multipath caches. (#161168)

- Reenable AMD756 I2C driver for x86-64. (#159609)

- Add more IBM r40e BIOS's to the C2/C3 blacklist.

* Thu Jun 23 2005 Dave Jones

- Make orinoco driver suck less.

(Scanning/roaming/ethtool support).

- Exec-shield randomisation fix.

- pwc driver warning fix.

- Prevent potential oops in tux with symlinks. (#160219)

* Wed Jun 22 2005 Dave Jones

- 2.6.12.1

- Clean up subthread exec (CAN-2005-1913)

- ia64 ptrace + sigrestore_context (CAN-2005-1761)

* Wed Jun 22 2005 David Woodhouse

- Update audit support

* Mon Jun 20 2005 Dave Jones

- Rebase to 2.6.12

- Temporarily drop Alans IDE fixes whilst they get redone.

- Enable userspace queueing of ipv6 packets.

* Tue Jun 7 2005 Dave Jones

- Drop recent b44 changes which broke some setups.

68906e8cdfa721d63a96ac3bd6635b94 SRPMS/kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.src.rpm

66201acc7fdef768e712dba6e3c793c9 ppc/kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.ppc.rpm

3d290d2dbb1dac9af49e9a1992027168 ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.ppc.rpm

de185a6885c00491e2c405cb1aa8feb5 ppc/kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.ppc.rpm

befe1744a3e7a595ec991024cedf0468 ppc/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.ppc.rpm

d6ac7805f7a461e74d579776d58ac60a ppc/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.ppc.rpm

39e1620040f9073b9749cb0b33f4ecbe ppc/kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.ppc64.rpm

20fd8eea6c7ed250a981919c9404744f ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.ppc64.rpm

08a8c38f7ddf12a0243327a6784d80f2 ppc/kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.ppc64iseries.rpm

82e101b7ecc70b85d9d9ef351fadd027 ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.ppc64iseries.rpm

d89a5c3f4d43adc616fe23c397956e06 x86_64/kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.x86_64.rpm

be56fd89067b309d7e2e626222526565 x86_64/kernel-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.x86_64.rpm

ee417cc28aff907cc99b03620b4f637f x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.x86_64.rpm

9a31e27cea262b9fbf1f231e4a5bdbb8 x86_64/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.x86_64.rpm

9a1d10a091c852ab1fc4fb4fad6b918a x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.x86_64.rpm

da505d0e0b14ae1c586cb8a164d3db48 x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.noarch.rpm

ea787b97e670cd8592ed277882c94a42 i386/kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i586.rpm

935ae33b6cd720650db61aa32c0a8a1f i386/kernel-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i586.rpm

a3bfea820645cbbeeec6cbf5b63166f3 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i586.rpm

9eded5ffd24b6259851dcf1a75629afe i386/kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i686.rpm

541921276767d1a2f979baeaaa98b907 i386/kernel-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i686.rpm

8807e5d1adcab74387bb5a7a1119566d i386/kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i686.rpm

094d812e41e6ef85b67caf2c54e0c3f0 i386/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i686.rpm

5d37b15e7062235ae815105405526579 i386/kernel-xen0-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i686.rpm

6197b274f6e426a90d53e4a5286c8aa5 i386/kernel-xen0-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i686.rpm

ca3695ea26e76e6ac2d6151d5a719676 i386/kernel-xenU-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i686.rpm

3078411c7337cb087c4d917fc5e24684 i386/kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i686.rpm

e1f76c659eaf5b6a53f2dfff3251ed0b i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.i686.rpm

da505d0e0b14ae1c586cb8a164d3db48 i386/kernel-doc-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.noarch.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

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Change Log

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Update Instructions

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Name: kernel
Version: 2.6.12
Release: 1.1387_FC4
Summary: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)

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