Bug Fix Advisory Several bugs fixed in new kernel

Advisory: RHBA-2002:104-06
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2002-05-30
Last updated on: 2002-06-04
Affected Products: Red Hat Linux 7.1
Red Hat Linux 7.2
OVAL: N/A

Details

Multiple kernel bugs were fixed, including generic kernel bugs,
x86-specific bugs, and IA-64-specific bugs.

reboot=bios did not always work because of a bug that has been fixed
(#64394)

Linux's use of Page Global Extension (PGE) was not correct for P4
processors; this showed up as a very rare bug, and it has been
fixed by disabling PGE for these CPUs in this release.

NAT over CIPE has been enabled.

The eicon ISDN driver has been enabled.

The sym53c8xx_2 driver was added as a workaround for a platform
incompatibility issue on some configurations of the HP x4000

Cases where touching some swap would slow the system down
disproportionately have been fixed by using greedy swap
reclamation. (#60079)

A variety of IA-64-specific bugs were fixed:
#63952, #62982, #52341, #64492, #65011, #65010


Solution

The procedure for upgrading the kernel manually is documented at:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/kernel-upgrade/
Please read the directions for your architecture carefully before
proceeding with the kernel upgrade.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this to be an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat
Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system. Note that you need to select the kernel
explicitly on default configurations of up2date.

Updated packages

Red Hat Linux 7.1

SRPMS:
kernel-2.4.9-34.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:098
    80888ec7bd03077f8b395bb2cda02f0c
 
IA-32:
kernel-2.4.9-34.athlon.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    517135869cba965c286de8f25b1d7fd0
kernel-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    a9d5354d684d26e8e9ec6f578503b749
kernel-2.4.9-34.i586.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    a28856b2a5ceac75dc219f08a55d4b74
kernel-2.4.9-34.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    88a2b7cf794d2a61ba31ef3102af3711
kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    f653406a2f94a1639e2cae5126f744f9
kernel-debug-2.4.9-34.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:098
    96d8bf6f345d9a0f990e161222b037db
kernel-doc-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    e4a2ffabf3b4f4b1bd640a48308191d6
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i686/kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-34.i686.rpm
Missing file
    7d4beb7de82bd3e1728a2496d5c2d063
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/kernel-headers-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
Missing file
    e4420d3dd6d778b38051067af3298108
kernel-smp-2.4.9-34.athlon.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    051a97d625efe9391bb476788ba9442a
kernel-smp-2.4.9-34.i586.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    392d00421b2948356f8acc758cb9d9e4
kernel-smp-2.4.9-34.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    3472800df3576e939af8767ef82804fe
kernel-source-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    5ff7762b891e61bae7138ef89373d842
 
IA-64:
kernel-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2002:205
    8c420f3ca2135d1c99a684ef66a18263
kernel-doc-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2002:205
    a411567f8f117d8642a2cfec84fd0fb6
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/ia64/kernel-headers-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
Missing file
    bf1aff2696b3884016bc765f3bd6440c
kernel-smp-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2002:205
    394d6cabc922f104322cec63d9f00d4d
kernel-source-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2002:205
    242d5dacc2608d5dcaf170db7b350ef8
 
Red Hat Linux 7.2

SRPMS:
kernel-2.4.9-34.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:098
    80888ec7bd03077f8b395bb2cda02f0c
 
IA-32:
kernel-2.4.9-34.athlon.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    517135869cba965c286de8f25b1d7fd0
kernel-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    a9d5354d684d26e8e9ec6f578503b749
kernel-2.4.9-34.i586.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    a28856b2a5ceac75dc219f08a55d4b74
kernel-2.4.9-34.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    88a2b7cf794d2a61ba31ef3102af3711
kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    f653406a2f94a1639e2cae5126f744f9
kernel-debug-2.4.9-34.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:098
    96d8bf6f345d9a0f990e161222b037db
kernel-doc-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    e4a2ffabf3b4f4b1bd640a48308191d6
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i686/kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-34.i686.rpm
Missing file
    7d4beb7de82bd3e1728a2496d5c2d063
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/kernel-headers-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
Missing file
    e4420d3dd6d778b38051067af3298108
kernel-smp-2.4.9-34.athlon.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    051a97d625efe9391bb476788ba9442a
kernel-smp-2.4.9-34.i586.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    392d00421b2948356f8acc758cb9d9e4
kernel-smp-2.4.9-34.i686.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    3472800df3576e939af8767ef82804fe
kernel-source-2.4.9-34.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:417
    5ff7762b891e61bae7138ef89373d842
 
IA-64:
kernel-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:098
    8c420f3ca2135d1c99a684ef66a18263
kernel-doc-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:098
    a411567f8f117d8642a2cfec84fd0fb6
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/kernel-headers-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
Missing file
    bf1aff2696b3884016bc765f3bd6440c
kernel-smp-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:098
    394d6cabc922f104322cec63d9f00d4d
kernel-source-2.4.9-34.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2003:098
    242d5dacc2608d5dcaf170db7b350ef8
 

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

52341 - Single processor Big Sur aborts during 7.2 release candidate boot
60079 - touching swap causes strange paging behavior afterwards
62982 - clone2() call not allocating 16 byte scratch stack area
63952 - RTEs not programmed correctly during boot
64394 - Unreliable reboots with "reboot=bios" option.
64492 - Red Hat 7.2 with kernel 2.4.9-18 does not reset after an MCA
65010 - Fix for sys32_munmap page alignment
65011 - Fix for IA32 GDT initialization


Keywords

CIPE, eicon, IA-64, P4, PGE, reboot=bios, sym53c8xx_2, wbinv


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