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New release in generic hardy. Changelog below:


linux (2.6.24-24.53) hardy-proposed; urgency=low

  [Stefan Bader]

  * Rebuild of 2.6.24-24.51 with 2.6.24-23.52 security patches applied.

 -- Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:23:06
-0400

linux (2.6.24-24.51) hardy-proposed; urgency=low

  [Alessio Igor Bogani]

  * rt: Updated PREEMPT_RT support to rt27
    - LP: #324275

  [Steve Beattie]

  * fix apparmor memory leak on deleted file ops
    - LP: #329489

  [Upstream Kernel Changes]

  * KVM: MMU: Add locking around kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access()
    - LP: #335097, #333409
  * serial: 8250: fix shared interrupts issues with SMP and RT kernels
    - LP: #280821
  * 8250.c: port.lock is irq-safe
    - LP: #280821
  * ACPI: Clear WAK_STS on resume
    - LP: #251338

 -- Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:18:56
+0100

linux (2.6.24-24.50) hardy-proposed; urgency=low

  [Alok Kataria]

  * x86: add X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR feature bit
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: add a synthetic TSC_RELIABLE feature bit
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: vmware: look for DMI string in the product serial key
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: Hypervisor detection and get tsc_freq from hypervisor
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: Use the synthetic TSC_RELIABLE bit to workaround virtualization
    anomalies.
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: Skip verification by the watchdog for TSC clocksource.
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: Mark TSC synchronized on VMware.
    - LP: #319945

  [Colin Ian King]

  * SAUCE: Bluetooth USB: fix kernel panic during suspend while streaming
    audio to bluetooth headset
    - LP: #331106

  [James Troup]

  * XEN: Enable architecture specific get_unmapped_area_topdown
    - LP: #237724

  [Stefan Bader]

  * Xen: Fix FTBS after Vmware TSC updates.
    - LP: #319945

  [Upstream Kernel Changes]

  * r8169: fix RxMissed register access
    - LP: #324760
  * r8169: Tx performance tweak helper
    - LP: #326891
  * r8169: use pci_find_capability for the PCI-E features
    - LP: #326891
  * r8169: add 8168/8101 registers description
    - LP: #326891
  * r8169: add hw start helpers for the 8168 and the 8101
    - LP: #326891
  * r8169: additional 8101 and 8102 support
    - LP: #326891
  * Fix memory corruption in console selection
    - LP: #329007

 -- Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:35:26
+0100


** Summary changed:

- Update linux kernel to 2.6.24.21.23 in dell-mini
+ Update linux kernel to 2.6.24.24-53 in dell-mini

** Description changed:

  The kernel in the current release of hardy for the dell-mini
  (2.6.24.19.21) is severely outdated (both for security bugs and
  stability) and should be updated to the newest available in hardy's main
- tree (2.6.24.21.23).
+ tree (2.6.24-24.53).

-- 
Update linux kernel to 2.6.24.24-53 in dell-mini
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299708
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Status in Dell Inspiron Mini with Custom Dell UI: Fix Committed
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
The kernel in the current release of hardy for the dell-mini (2.6.24.19.21) is severely outdated (both for security bugs and stability) and should be updated to the newest available in hardy's main tree (2.6.24-24.53).