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Mandriva Linux 2006 Core Updates 1 Now Available To Club Members

Translated by ohan on Friday, May 12 2006 @ 02:53:06 CEST

Mandriva Linux 2006 core updates 1 are now available to Club members, Standard level and above, in the "Download" section in "My Torrents" of the Club.

Major changes include:

  • Improved support for Intel 'Napa'-based platforms:
    • Add Intel 945GM support
    • Add CPU hotplug support
    • Add SMP suspend support
    • Add Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG drivers
    • Add S3 & S4 support to AHCI & ata_piix drivers
  • Misc hardware support:
    • Add SATA ICH8 support
    • Add 'Gilgal' ethernet support to Bensley platforms
    • Add nForce 430 support (forcedeth, HDA audio)
    • Update lpfc driver to 8.0.30
    • Update 3w-9xxx to 2.26.02.005 (3ware 9550SX)
  • X.org 6.9.0 final, with the following drivers updates:
    • ATI 8.23.7
    • nVidia 1.0-8756
    • Improved 32-bit 3D acceleration support on x86_64 platforms
  • Fix 3 buffer overflows that could have lead to a crash in the stage1 part of the installer (prior to starting up the graphical installer)
  • Fix dmraid on 64-bit platforms
Release Notes:
  • LSI Logic megaide support currently requires to boot with "pci=noacpi"
  • S4 support on Napa platforms with intel-agp in use only works with kernels i586-up-1GB and i686-up-4GB at this time (non PAE enabled kernels)
Mandriva Team
Mandriva Linux 2006 Core Updates 1 Now Available To Club Members (en)
Creator: ohan  date: 2006/05/12 14:53
Last Author: ohan  date: 2006/05/12 18:32
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