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Re: TESTING - security kernel for SL5
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Steven Timm <[log in to unmask]>
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Steven Timm <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:17:11 -0600
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Now I am up at the latest kernel too, will notify if rogue
wireless points take me down again.

Steve


On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Steven Timm wrote:

>
> It's the same firmware but one version less of the kernel, 128 rather
> than 128.1, will upgrade to 128.1 and see if it is any better.
>
> Steve Timm
>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Troy Dawson wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>> Which driver and firmware are you using?
>> Is it this kernel and firmware I just pushed out?
>> Troy
>> 
>> Steven Timm wrote:
>>> I would be interested if anyone else with an iwl4965 driver tries
>>> the new driver/firmware and sees their machine lock up from time to time.
>>> In the presence of certain wireless access points (mostly in
>>> Fermilab's Feynman Computing CenteR) my machine locks
>>> up after about 10 minutes, unless I turn my wireless kill switch off.
>>> In other situations mine is fine.
>>> 
>>> Steve Timm
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Troy Dawson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> There is a new security kernel out for SL5.
>>>> It is based off the new kernel from Update 3, and hense, has all it's 
>>>> changes, including driver updates.
>>>> I'm still a little nervous about pushing this out, so I'd like it to be 
>>>> tested a bit more.
>>>> One of the new changes that it has is updated Intel Wireless drivers.
>>>> I have the Updated Firmware for these in the same testing area.
>>>> I have also included new Intel Firmware we didn't have before, because it 
>>>> appeared to have the drivers in the kernel now.
>>>> I also have the new aufs in that directory.
>>>> 
>>>> To test
>>>> 
>>>> SL5
>>>> -------
>>>>         yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update kernel\*
>>>> 
>>>> or download
>>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/testing/i386/kernel/
>>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/testing/x86_64/kernel/
>>>> 
>>>> New Things in the directory
>>>> aufs
>>>> kernel-module-aufs
>>>> 
>>>> xfs-filesystem
>>>> kernel-module-xfs
>>>> 
>>>> iwlwifi-3945-ucode
>>>> iwlwifi-4965-ucode
>>>> iwlwifi-5000-ucode
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Troy
>>>> --
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>

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Fermilab Computing Division, Scientific Computing Facilities,
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