[El-errata] Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 3 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures
Errata Announcements for Enterprise Linux
el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Wed Jan 28 10:12:11 PST 2009
Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 3 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit)
architectures.
This update includes the following kernel/driver changes:
Bug Fixes added by Oracle
* Add entropy module option to e1000 and bnx2 [ORA 6045759]
* shrink zone patch [orabug 6086839]
* xen pv/bonding netconsole support [orabug 6993043]
* convert ENETUNREACH to ENOTCONN [orabug 7689332]
Fixes/Additions from the upstream distribution provider
* autofs4 is backported from linux kernel version 2.6.27.
* the MAX_ARG_PAGES limit that is set in the kernel has been
increased to 25 percent of the stack size.
* Buffer size limit for on-memory buffers for relayfs has been
increased to 4095MB from 64MB.
* Kernel module pata_si1680 added to provide driver for Dell Remote
Access Controller 4 (DRAC4).
* Added support for Dell Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) //cards
to the kernel which enables support for following devices
- Dell Wireless 5700 Mobile Broadband CDMA/EVDO Mini-Card
- Dell Wireless 5500 Mobile Broadband HSDPA Mini-Card
- Dell Wireless 5505 Mobile Broadband HSDPA Mini-Card
- Dell Wireless 5700 Mobile Broadband CDMA/EVDO ExpressCard
- Dell Wireless 5510 Mobile Broadband HSDPA ExpressCard
- Dell Wireless 5700 Mobile Broadband CDMA/EVDO Mini-Card
- Dell Wireless 5700 Mobile Broadband CDMA/EVDO Mini-Card
- Dell Wireless 5720
- Dell Wireless HSDPA 5520
- Dell Wireless HSDPA 5520
- Dell Wireless 5520 Voda I Mobile Broadband (3G HSDPA) Mini-Card
* Added support for DSR/DTR hardware flow control by updating the
driver for 8250 based serial ports.
* Kernel updated to enable oprofile to identify processors based on
Next-Generation Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) and support the
CPU power state, C3, on the Next-Generation Intel
Microarchitecture (Nehalem).
* The soft lockup detector can now be configured to trigger a kernel
panic instead of a warning message.
* Added large memory configuration support to the Machine Check
Exception (MCE) kernel subsystem.
* NMI watchdog code updated to allow users to disable the NMI source
which enables users to safely configure kernel parameter
kernel.unknown_nmi_panic without causing kernel panic.
* powernowk8 driver updated on x86 architecture to verify that the
number of supported CPUs (supported_cpus) equals the number of
online CPUs (num_online_cpus).
* Added support for kprobe_booster on x86_64 architectures. This
will allow faster probing of kernel events.
* For x86_64 architecture kernel updated to support _PTC
(Processor Throttling Control), _TSS (Throttling Supported
States) and _TPC (Throttling Present Capabilities) objects.
* Added support for the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) // which
allows for booting from iSCSI devices..
* The iSCSI target capability, delivered as part of the Linux Target
(tgt) framework, is fully supported in this release.
* Added support for block device encryption using the Linux Unified
Key Setup (LUKS) specification.
* The openssl packages upgrade the OpenSSL** library to a newer
upstream version. This version of OpenSSL library is currently
undergoing the Federal Information Processing Standards validation
process (FIPS-140-2). To maintain the ABI compatibility with the
openssl packages of previous release, the FIPS mode is disabled by
default.
* Rebased cups with full Kerberos support
* Rebased ksh, lm-sensors, net-snmp, gdb, OpenIPMI,openldap,openmotif, python-urlgrabber,
rpm, tog-pegasus, vnc,yum,yum-utils
* Added support for
o private futexes
o preempt-notifiers implementation
o tracepoint/markers infrastructure
o response oriented wake up behavior to scheduler
o PCI domain
o RAID 4/5/10 in dmraid
* Fixed gettimeofday for HPET, PMTimer, TSC
* Increased stack size for ia32 application
* Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) / opensm updated to
the upstream version 3.2. The format of the opensm.conf file
has changed in this release. Any modification done to your
existing opensm.conf file has to be migrated to
/etc/ofed/opensm.conf.rpmnew and the current file
/etc/ofed/opensm.conf file need to be replaced the the new
migrated one.
o Due to this change applications build on top of the
following OFED stack might require recompilation or even
source-level code changes :
+ dapl
+ compat-dapl
+ ibsim
+ ibutils
+ infiniband-diags
+ libcxgb3
+ libehca
+ libibcm
+ libibcommon
+ libibmad
+ libibumad
+ libibverbs
+ libipathverbs
+ libmlx4
+ libmthca
+ libnes
+ librmdacm
+ libsdp
+ mpi-selector
+ mpitests
+ mstflint
+ mvapich
+ mvapich2
+ ofed-docs
+ openib
+ openib-mstflint
+ openib-perftest
+ openib-tvflash
+ openmpi
+ opensm
+ perftest
+ qlvnictools
+ qperf
+ srptools
+ tvflash
Driver Updates
Network
* bnx2 updated to version 1.7.9.
* e1000e updated to version 0.3.3.3-k2.
* igb updated to version 1.2.45-k2 to support for 82576 based devices.
* ixgbe updated to version 1.3.18-k4.
* myri10ge updated to version 1.3.2-1.269.
* netxen updated to version 3.4.18.
* bnx2x updated to version 1.45.23 to support 57711 hardware.
* Added niu driver to support 10Gbps ethernet devices on Sun
CP3220 systems.
* Driver for ZyDas Wireless devices zd1211rw updated to match the
last non-mac80211 .
* The following drivers were backported from Linux Kernel 2.6.25:
o ipw2100 and ipw2200
o bcm43xx
o ieee80211 support component for wireless devices
* The following drivers were backported from Linux Kernel 2.6.26:
o ath5k for Antheros wireless devices
o rt2x00 for Ralink wireless devices
o rtl8180 and rtl8187 drivers for Realtek wireless devices
o iwlwifi adding 802.11n support to iwl4965 wireless devices.
Storage
* 3w-xxxx updated to version 1.26.03.
* 3w-9xxx updated to version 2.26.08.
* megaraid_sas updated to version 4.01-rh1.
* qla2xxx updated to support ISP84XX type cards.
* ibmvscsi drivers for emulating virtual SCSI (vSCSI)
devices updated to support virtualized tape devices.
* lpfc updated to version 8.2.0.33.2p.
* cciss updated to version 3.6.20-RH2.
General
* Added support for Cintiq 20WSX and Intuos3 4x6 Wacom
graphics tablets through linuxwacom drivers.
* dm-multipath updated to have inbox support for IBM DS4000.
* ixgbe updated to support the /82598AT/ dual-port adapter
and the /82598 CX4/ adapter.
* Added hp-ilo driver to support HP Integrated Lights Out
(iLO) technology.
* radeon_tp driver is now fully supported in this release
which enables the /ATI R500/R600/ chipsets.
* jsm updated to support Digi Neo PCI Express 4 HiProfile
I/O adapters.
* powernow_k8 included as a loadable module in this release.
* ccid Updated to support USB Smartcard keyboards.
* Added uvcvideo drivers to support USB video devices.
_*Software Accessibility*_
All packages are available via ULN (http://linux.oracle.com).
Installable binary and source ISO images will be available at http://edelivery.oracle.com shortly.
If ISO images are needed before they are available on eDelivery, please request these via a Metalink service request.
For more information please visit http://linux.oracle.com
Thank you
Sincerely,
Enterprise Linux Team
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