[ATrpms-users] FC6 kernel update

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 07:38:40AM -0500, Phil Schaffner wrote:
> Just now was the first opportunity I've had to work this.  Booted
> kernel-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 and the ipw3945 now automagically works!  My
> best guess is that soft rebooting without a power-down may have been a
> factor.  Perhaps the ipw3945 hardware retains some memory on a soft
> reboot that is cleared on a power-down.

Perhaps, there are similar issues with ivtv hardware (even needs to
stay >= 30 seconds turned off).

> Wandering a bit farther OT from the OP (or perhaps closer to the intent
> before I hijacked the thread with ipw3945 issues) - I see the suspend2
> kmdls are available now; however, a yum update did not pick them up even
> though kernel-suspend2-2.6.18-1.2868_1.fc6.cubbi_suspend2.i686 is
> installed.  Installing them with Smart PM now.

The problem with the yum plugin is that yum only calls it if yum found
out that the conventional depsolving found something else to
upgrade/install. So if you have a fully updated system and the kmdls
get uploaded, a yum update will not trigger the plugin.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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