Distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Description: RHEL3 Kernel for ORA-603 and NFS hang
Packager: Greg Marsden
Disposition: Release

Files

kernel-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.EL.src.rpm  
kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.EL.i386.rpm  
kernel-debuginfo-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.EL.i386.rpm  
kernel-debuginfo-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.EL.i686.rpm  
kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.EL.i686.rpm  
kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.EL.i686.rpm  
kernel-smp-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.EL.i686.rpm  
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.EL.i686.rpm  
oracleasm-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.EL-1.0.4-1.i686.rpm  
oracleasm-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.ELhugemem-1.0.4-1.i686.rpm  
oracleasm-2.4.21-37.0.0.6.0.ELsmp-1.0.4-1.i686.rpm  
oracleasm-support-2.0.2-1.i386.rpm  
oracleasmlib-2.0.2-1.i386.rpm  

Bugs Fixed

Oracle BUG 4129091 autofs4 does not remount after expire
Oracle BUG 5038841 RHEL3 u6 kernel doesn't have module parameter support for e100
Oracle BUG 4166928 tg3 githack
Oracle BUG 5088963 IO to NFS partition hangs (see below)
Oracle BUG 4331231 enobufs with lowmem fragmentation (ora-603)

Bugs Tested

Oracle BUG 4378996 OPEN, it 73115, hotplug disk online causes crash

Details

README for kernel 2.4.21-37.0.0.4.EL

Resolves: 
[ora 5088963]: io to nfs partition hangs
               IMPORTANT:  2 changes needed to avoid the known nfs hang cases:
	       - apply this kernel patch
	       - disable core dumps (very important)
	       Details on the changes:
	       * retry defragment pages
	       * xdr_ and xprt_ debug counters (safely ignored)
	       * GFP_NOFS removed
	       * kmap reorder patch in do_generic_file_write
	       * WARNING: ensure that core dumps are disabled for production!  
[bz 161875] [ora 4129091]: autofs4 does not remount after expire
[ora 5038841]: e100 driver legacy version missing
[ora 5038841]: e1000 driver legacy version missing
[ora 4166928]: tg3 githack driver
[bz 176849] [ora 4331231] enobufs with lowmem fragmentation (ora-603)

Does not resolve kernel panic when hotplugging scsi devices. A future kernel will be released to deal with this issue.