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Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of<br>
Enterprise Linux Release 5 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit)
architectures.<br>
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This update includes the following kernel changes:<br>
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Bug Fixes added by Oracle<br>
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<pre> * Fix bonding primary=ethX so it picks correct network [IT 101532] [ORA 5136660]
* Add entropy module option to e1000 [ORA 6045759]
* Add entropy module option to bnx2 [ORA 6045759]<tt>
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<pre>Fixes/Additions from upstream distribution provider</pre>
<pre> * kexec and kdump
These replace netdump and kdump of Enterprise Linux 4
* High resolution timers.
* kernel-headers package - Replaces glibc-kernheaders package
* libhugetlbfs
* Generic RTC (RealTime Clock) subsystem
* Device mapper multipath support
* ACL support for NFSv3 and NFSv4
* NFS: supports large reads and writes on the wire
* Multilevel security implementation for SELinux
* IPv4/IPv6: UFO (UDP Fragmentation Offload) Scatter-gather approach
* Added nf_conntrack subsystem
* IPV6:RFC 3484-compliant source address selection
* IPV6:added support for Router Preference (RFC4191)
* IPV6:added Router Reachability Probing (RFC4191)
* IPV6:added support for Multiple Routing Tables and Policy Routing
* Infiniband support
* hardware crypto and fragmentation offload support
* QoS (WME) support, "wireless spy support"
* CCMP/TKIP support and WE-19 HostAP support
* BCM43xx wireless driver
* ZD1211 wireless driver
* hardware-independent software MAC layer, "Soft MAC"
* LEAP authentication type
* DCCPv6
* EDAC support
* generic memory add/remove and supporting functions for memory hotplug
* hot plug CPU support for physically adding new processors
* new ioatdma driver for the Intel(R) I/OAT DMA engine
* NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) enhancements</pre>
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<u><b>Software Accessibility</b></u><br>
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Installable binary and source iso images are available at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://edelivery.oracle.com">http://edelivery.oracle.com</a><br>
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Current subscribers to Unbreakable Linux Network can update their
systems <br>
via ULN (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://linux.oracle.com">http://linux.oracle.com</a>).<br>
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<tt>Thank you <br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Enterprise Linux Team<br>
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