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Mandriva: Updated lirc packages fixes issue with dkms-lirc and SMP kernels
Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
Dkms-lirc allows one to install LIRC drivers on non-Mandriva kernels. It contains a driver named lirc_parallel.ko which does not work on SMP-enabled kernels, preventing the driver installation on such kernels. The lirc_parallel.ko driver has been removed from the updated
package and moved to a separate package named dkms-lirc-parallel.
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Mandriva Linux Advisory MDKA-2007:007
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : lirc
Date : January 11, 2007
Affected: 2007.0
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Problem Description:
Dkms-lirc allows one to install LIRC drivers on non-Mandriva kernels.
It contains a driver named lirc_parallel.ko which does not work on
SMP-enabled kernels, preventing the driver installation on such
kernels. The lirc_parallel.ko driver has been removed from the updated
package and moved to a separate package named dkms-lirc-parallel.
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References:
http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26979
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
bffa111cd415587bde4d9eacb19d5c4b 2007.0/i586/dkms-lirc-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
84e97c4b8268dc8edc9ef3ee9bc10a37 2007.0/i586/dkms-lirc-parallel-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
c18f5876114aefa53af4e94d5dade5fc 2007.0/i586/liblirc0-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
fce646fa599cda3c8ca348e04c758e03 2007.0/i586/liblirc0-devel-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
2c88f47f6fd101926ad08c55e8989763 2007.0/i586/lirc-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
992bcd0113f6319d7809e35930bc6eca 2007.0/SRPMS/lirc-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
6489fc348424092b301278bb2351916f 2007.0/x86_64/dkms-lirc-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
60c562ecdc10211a2fa616b3aff5af10 2007.0/x86_64/dkms-lirc-parallel-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
5d73311357cf36df1bb2da3230be4905 2007.0/x86_64/lib64lirc0-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
9eec740f3886f786dc4bb1effe6b43dd 2007.0/x86_64/lib64lirc0-devel-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
fb167951e59f6bed663696fdcda033c0 2007.0/x86_64/lirc-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
992bcd0113f6319d7809e35930bc6eca 2007.0/SRPMS/lirc-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team