diff --git a/Makefile.rhelver b/Makefile.rhelver
index 943e2e14a..23c59cd4f 100644
--- a/Makefile.rhelver
+++ b/Makefile.rhelver
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RHEL_MINOR = 99
 #
 # Use this spot to avoid future merge conflicts.
 # Do not trim this comment.
-RHEL_RELEASE = 49
+RHEL_RELEASE = 50
 
 #
 # RHEL_REBASE_NUM
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-64k-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-64k-debug-rhel.config
index c71b6e7e0..4407191d4 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-64k-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-64k-debug-rhel.config
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-64k-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-64k-rhel.config
index 8b081e678..95d06b00f 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-64k-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-64k-rhel.config
@@ -2763,7 +2763,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-debug-rhel.config
index 9a27a729c..80076ec80 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-debug-rhel.config
@@ -2775,7 +2775,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-rhel.config
index d9f8dc928..ceb4432ac 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-rhel.config
@@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-rt-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-rt-debug-rhel.config
index 4056dbd51..617432dc5 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-rt-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-rt-debug-rhel.config
@@ -2815,7 +2815,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-aarch64-rt-rhel.config b/kernel-aarch64-rt-rhel.config
index d653394e2..b0a91b1d2 100644
--- a/kernel-aarch64-rt-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-aarch64-rt-rhel.config
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-ppc64le-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-ppc64le-debug-rhel.config
index 6c7683d28..713b24c7e 100644
--- a/kernel-ppc64le-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-ppc64le-debug-rhel.config
@@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-ppc64le-rhel.config b/kernel-ppc64le-rhel.config
index 68e89b36f..2744e202e 100644
--- a/kernel-ppc64le-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-ppc64le-rhel.config
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-s390x-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-s390x-debug-rhel.config
index 4c2e4e21c..4a80f53ed 100644
--- a/kernel-s390x-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-s390x-debug-rhel.config
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_RDMAVT=m
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT is not set
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD is not set
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-s390x-rhel.config b/kernel-s390x-rhel.config
index 34cc9a5c7..a6f24844f 100644
--- a/kernel-s390x-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-s390x-rhel.config
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_RDMAVT=m
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT is not set
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD is not set
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-s390x-zfcpdump-rhel.config b/kernel-s390x-zfcpdump-rhel.config
index 7fa20444f..aa2aede5a 100644
--- a/kernel-s390x-zfcpdump-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-s390x-zfcpdump-rhel.config
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_RDMAVT=m
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT is not set
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD is not set
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-debug-fedora.config b/kernel-x86_64-debug-fedora.config
index 90ee8e279..644eefd81 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-debug-fedora.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-debug-fedora.config
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ CONFIG_BMG160_SPI=m
 # CONFIG_BMI088_ACCEL is not set
 CONFIG_BMI160_I2C=m
 CONFIG_BMI160_SPI=m
-# CONFIG_BMI323_I2C is not set
+CONFIG_BMI323_I2C=m
 # CONFIG_BMI323_SPI is not set
 CONFIG_BMP280=m
 CONFIG_BNA=m
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-x86_64-debug-rhel.config
index 067a3ee7b..3844e3c9a 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-debug-rhel.config
@@ -2607,7 +2607,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA=m
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-fedora.config b/kernel-x86_64-fedora.config
index 3a5d6e705..3fba22e13 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-fedora.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-fedora.config
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ CONFIG_BMG160_SPI=m
 # CONFIG_BMI088_ACCEL is not set
 CONFIG_BMI160_I2C=m
 CONFIG_BMI160_SPI=m
-# CONFIG_BMI323_I2C is not set
+CONFIG_BMI323_I2C=m
 # CONFIG_BMI323_SPI is not set
 CONFIG_BMP280=m
 CONFIG_BNA=m
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-rhel.config b/kernel-x86_64-rhel.config
index 6b048f75c..2a9847797 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-rhel.config
@@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA=m
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-rt-debug-rhel.config b/kernel-x86_64-rt-debug-rhel.config
index d977808e5..c14773b19 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-rt-debug-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-rt-debug-rhel.config
@@ -2647,7 +2647,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA=m
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel-x86_64-rt-rhel.config b/kernel-x86_64-rt-rhel.config
index 3c61576a4..2f40d1be9 100644
--- a/kernel-x86_64-rt-rhel.config
+++ b/kernel-x86_64-rt-rhel.config
@@ -2631,7 +2631,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRP=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_SRPT=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=m
-CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC=m
+# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC is not set
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VMWARE_PVRDMA=m
 # CONFIG_INFTL is not set
 # CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON is not set
diff --git a/kernel.changelog b/kernel.changelog
index e1468cd37..4aa3372be 100644
--- a/kernel.changelog
+++ b/kernel.changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-* Mon Feb 26 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc6.49]
+* Tue Feb 27 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc6.45ec2f5f6ed3.50]
 - Add libperf-debuginfo subpackage (Justin M. Forbes)
 Resolves: 
 
+* Tue Feb 27 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc6.45ec2f5f6ed3.49]
+- redhat/configs: Disable CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC (Kamal Heib)
+- Enable CONFIG_BMI323_I2C=m for Fedora x86_64 builds (Hans de Goede)
+- gitlab-ci: drop test_makefile job (Scott Weaver)
+- Linux v6.8.0-0.rc6.45ec2f5f6ed3
+Resolves: 
+
 * Mon Feb 26 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc6.48]
 - Linux v6.8.0-0.rc6
 Resolves: 
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 11f123568..6849a212e 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 %define specrpmversion 6.8.0
 %define specversion 6.8.0
 %define patchversion 6.8
-%define pkgrelease 0.rc6.49
+%define pkgrelease 0.rc6.20240227git45ec2f5f6ed3.50
 %define kversion 6
-%define tarfile_release 6.8-rc6
+%define tarfile_release 6.8-rc6-11-g45ec2f5f6ed3
 # This is needed to do merge window version magic
 %define patchlevel 8
 # This allows pkg_release to have configurable %%{?dist} tag
-%define specrelease 0.rc6.49%{?buildid}%{?dist}
+%define specrelease 0.rc6.20240227git45ec2f5f6ed3.50%{?buildid}%{?dist}
 # This defines the kabi tarball version
 %define kabiversion 6.8.0
 
@@ -3865,9 +3865,15 @@ fi\
 #
 #
 %changelog
-* Mon Feb 26 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc6.49]
+* Tue Feb 27 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc6.45ec2f5f6ed3.50]
 - Add libperf-debuginfo subpackage (Justin M. Forbes)
 
+* Tue Feb 27 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc6.45ec2f5f6ed3.49]
+- redhat/configs: Disable CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USNIC (Kamal Heib)
+- Enable CONFIG_BMI323_I2C=m for Fedora x86_64 builds (Hans de Goede)
+- gitlab-ci: drop test_makefile job (Scott Weaver)
+- Linux v6.8.0-0.rc6.45ec2f5f6ed3
+
 * Mon Feb 26 2024 Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.0-0.rc6.48]
 - Linux v6.8.0-0.rc6
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1acbc8be7..f333d0bce 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.6.0.tar.bz2) = 4f917598056dee5e23814621ec96ff2e4a411c8c4ba9d56ecb01b23cb96431825bedbecfcbaac9338efbf5cb21694d85497fa0bf43e7c80d9cd10bc6dd144dbd
 SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.6.0.tar.bz2) = 19308cd976031d05e18ef7f5d093218acdb89446418bab0cd956ff12cf66369915b9e64bb66fa9f20939428a60e81884fec5be3529c6c7461738d6540d3cc5c6
-SHA512 (linux-6.8-rc6.tar.xz) = 99ad6ccd172adfa24ebc1a6a0b743cab06c16403e09d30a3e3c1a728b59e70ca2e1220d9c32aa8dcfab0fc983e11e3be08f4347ba44f226124b1a7f9dc589396
-SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.8.0.tar.xz) = 02817e0b2733d670f00f39854aaf6b612cb69855f77463ae4ede5ee89ff7af8070ef45179bbdd1dc754ecf599d5a1619fe5eedc1c0010a203196ce1442d5d361
-SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.8.0.tar.xz) = 329b849c0ce1066236e629f2f3aabf6a4ef49d36bd542a8120642aae4ab5349993338e3c937aabc79db5df26b6eddb40edb45f67e59fc62f0da61674b97e02df
+SHA512 (linux-6.8-rc6-11-g45ec2f5f6ed3.tar.xz) = afbd3ef46841d86bc8518f4a8f986f76ecbd2a44fa8decb37b9a959d3c841e9d1cf8a47ef970987087b049ac9dbc3e4003654ec8c9b9d984ba05ccab9166646c
+SHA512 (kernel-abi-stablelists-6.8.0.tar.xz) = 3dd43ff88c80b9e82fe8b928244e1b3283f4d4722f08c855057d963a75e3344eac2d1ebc2e0742162b792b76ce26a34582fa6ffcd16b1807cdc17aacb9730ee8
+SHA512 (kernel-kabi-dw-6.8.0.tar.xz) = 5fc1bedc505130757046636f09a1a7976417ecf4b405c84ea962321e8bebb7384e7bd0abb520d67bf866d2fcd2220086ad4c30226e1705b7697f6dd97b653582