Author: bdubbs
Date: 2006-07-21 21:32:50 -0600 (Fri, 21 Jul 2006)
New Revision: 7693
Modified:
branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml
branches/6.2/BOOK/packages.ent
Log:
Updated to the 2.6.16.27 kernel
Modified: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-07-22 03:04:41 UTC (rev
7692)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-07-22 03:32:50 UTC (rev
7693)
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
<para>July 21, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to linux-2.6.16.27. Added a note to use the
+ latest kernel version available in the 2.6.16 series.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Updated vim patch set to level 7.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Modified: branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml 2006-07-22 03:04:41 UTC (rev
7692)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml 2006-07-22 03:32:50 UTC (rev
7693)
@@ -317,6 +317,13 @@
<para>Home page: <ulink url="&linux-home;"/></para>
<para>Download: <ulink url="&linux-url;"/></para>
<para>MD5 sum: <literal>&linux-md5;</literal></para>
+ <note>
+ <para>The Linux kernel is updated relatively often, many times due to
+ discoveries of security vulnerabilities. The latest available
+ 2.6.16.x kernel version should be used, unless the errata page says
+ otherwise. Do not use version 2.6.17 or later kernels due to
+ potential incompatibilites of the bootscripts.</para>
+ </note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
Modified: branches/6.2/BOOK/packages.ent
===================================================================
--- branches/6.2/BOOK/packages.ent 2006-07-22 03:04:41 UTC (rev 7692)
+++ branches/6.2/BOOK/packages.ent 2006-07-22 03:32:50 UTC (rev 7693)
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@
<!ENTITY libtool-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
<!ENTITY linux-dl-version "2.6">
-<!ENTITY linux-version "2.6.16.26">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "39,924 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-version "2.6.16.27">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "39,886 KB">
<!ENTITY linux-url
"&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-dl-version;/linux-&linux-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "e50cea2dbc4f427b4b555b8e0f77337d">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "ebedfe5376efec483ce12c1629c7a5b1">
<!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/";>
<!ENTITY linux-ch8-du "310 - 350 MB">
<!ENTITY linux-ch8-sbu "1.5 - 3 SBU">
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