Updated to the 2.6.16.27 kernel

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.2/BOOK@7693 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <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>

chapter03/packages.xml

@@ -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>
 

packages.ent

@@ -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">