Distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Description: EL4 U5 Production Kernel Release
Packager: jsobecki
Disposition: Release

Files

MD5SUMS  
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.i686.rpm  
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-sourcecode-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL.x86_64.rpm  
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL-1.2.9-2.el4.x86_64.rpm  
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.ELlargesmp-1.2.9-2.el4.x86_64.rpm  
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.ELsmp-1.2.9-2.el4.x86_64.rpm  
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.ELxenU-1.2.9-2.el4.x86_64.rpm  
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL-2.0.5-2.el4.x86_64.rpm  
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.ELlargesmp-2.0.5-2.el4.x86_64.rpm  
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.ELsmp-2.0.5-2.el4.x86_64.rpm  
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.ELxenU-2.0.5-2.el4.x86_64.rpm  
oracleasm-support-2.1.2-1.el4.x86_64.rpm  
oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el4.x86_64.rpm  

Bugs Fixed

Oracle BUG 7566319 Enhance shrink_zone patch to survive 100% swap util
Oracle BUG 6110605 Only report lost ticks if booted with report_lost_ticks

Bugs Tested

Details

Kernel 2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3.EL changelog:

* Mon Dec 08 2008 John Sobecki  [2.6.9-55.0.2.8.3]
- update shrink_zone patch to allow 100% swap utilization (John Sobecki, Chris Mason, Chuck Anderson, Dave McCracken) [ORABUG 7566319]
- backport report_lost_ticks patch from EL5.2 (John Sobecki) [ORABUG 6110605]

* Thu Aug 21 2008 John Sobecki  [2.6.9-55.0.2.8.2]
- [kernel] Remove patch #4004 for more robust sysrq-b handling (Guru Anbalagane) [ORABUG 6125546]
- [mm] Fix hang in shrink_zone for direct reclaim threads under heavy swapping load condition (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [ORABUG 6086839]