[Intrepid] SRU Update kernel to 2.6.27.16(17)

[Tim Gardner]

Stefan Bader wrote:
> SRU justification:
> 
> Impact: Integration of upstream stable release updates.
> One upstream revert to console code causes ABI changes by removing the 
> vc_scrl_erase_char element from struct vc_data. Overall the next release 
> already has a bumped ABI.
> 
> Fix:
>   [* ACPI: dock: Don't eval _STA on every show_docked sysfs read](2)
>   * ACPI: Enable bit 11 in _PDC to advertise hw coord
>   * agp/intel: add support for G41 chipset
>   * agp/intel: Fix broken (C) symbol in device name.
>   * agp/intel: Reduce extraneous PCI posting reads during init
>   * e1000: fix bug with shared interrupt during reset
>   * e1000: Fix PCI enable to honor the need_ioport flag
>   * eeepc-laptop: fix oops when changing backlight brightness during
>     eeepc-laptop init
>   * md: Ensure an md array never has too many devices.
>   * module: remove over-zealous check in __module_get()
>   * prevent kprobes from catching spurious page faults
>   * sgi-xp: fix writing past the end of kzalloc()'d space
>   * shm: fix shmctl(SHM_INFO) lockup with !CONFIG_SHMEM
>   * sound: usb-audio: handle wMaxPacketSize for FIXED_ENDPOINT devices
>   * wait: prevent exclusive waiter starvation
>   * x86: APIC: enable workaround on AMD Fam10h CPUs
>   * ieee1394: ohci1394: increase AT req. retries, fix ack_busy_X from Panasonic
>     camcorders and others
>   * firewire: ohci: increase AT req. retries, fix ack_busy_X from Panasonic
>     camcorders and others
>   * firewire: sbp2: fix DMA mapping leak on the failure path
>   * firewire: sbp2: add workarounds for 2nd and 3rd generation iPods
>   * ieee1394: sbp2: add workarounds for 2nd and 3rd generation iPods
>   * 8250_pci: add support for netmos 9835 IBM devices
>   * ACPICA: Fix table entry truncation calculation
>   * ACPI: disable ACPI cleanly when bad RSDP found
>   * ACPI: proc_dir_entry 'video/VGA' already registered
>   * ACPI: Skip the first two elements in the _BCL package
>   * Add support for '8-port RS-232 MIC-3620 from advantech'
>   * ALSA: hda - Add missing COEF initialization for ALC887
>   * ALSA: hda - Add missing initialization for ALC272
>   * ALSA: hda - Add quirk for FSC Amilo Xi2550
>   * PCI: properly clean up ASPM link state on device remove
>   * PCI: return error on failure to read PCI ROMs
>   * seq_file: move traverse so it can be used from seq_read
>   * seq_file: fix big-enough lseek() + read()
>   * serial: set correct baud_base for Oxford Semiconductor Ltd EXSYS EX-41092
>     Dual 16950 Serial adapter
>   * elf core dump: fix get_user use
>   * XFS: set b_error from bio error in xfs_buf_bio_end_io
>   * Add a reference to sunrpc in svc_addsock
>   * mm: remove UP version of lru_add_drain_all()
>   ** Revert "vt: fix background color on line feed"(1)
>   * md: Don't try to set an array to 'read-auto' if it is already in that state.
>   * md: Allow metadata_version to be updated for externally managed metadata.
>   * ipw2200: fix scanning while associated
>   * hso: rfkill type should be WWAN
>   * dm mpath: avoid attempting to activate null path
>   * ACPICA: Copy dynamically loaded tables to local buffer
>      * Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: Work around ACPI corruption upon suspend on some
>        Dell machines."(3)
>   * ACPICA: Add function to dereference returned reference objects
>   * ACPI: don't load acpi_cpufreq if acpi=off
>   * ACPI: video: Fix reversed brightness behavior on ThinkPad SL series
>   * Revert USB: option: add Pantech cards
>   * USB: new id for ti_usb_3410_5052 driver
>   * USB: option: New mobile broadband modems to be supported
>   * USB: two more usb ids for ti_usb_3410_5052
>   * USB: usb-storage: add Pentax to the bad-vendor list
>   * sctp: Fix another socket race during accept/peeloff
>   * genirq: NULL struct irq_desc's member 'name' in dynamic_irq_cleanup()
>   * Linux 2.6.27.16
> 
> (1) Causes the ABI to change
> (2) Gets reverted by the 2.6.27.17 update (it is the only patch in that
>      release)
> (3) Upstream implementation replaces SAUCE patch
> 

ACK

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com