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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff background=""><FONT face=Arial>Oracle is pleased to
announce the general availability of Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 1 for x86
(32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures.<BR><BR>This update includes
the following kernel changes:<BR><BR> Bug Fixes added by
Oracle<BR> * Add entropy module option to
e1000 and bnx2 [ORA 6045759]<BR> * Fix msi
issue with kexec/kdump [ORA 6219364]<BR> *
Fix alloc_pages_node() static `nid' race made kernel crash
[ORA6187457]<BR> * Fix bad unlock_page() in error
case [ORA 6263574]<BR> * Fix
error-path crashes in dio [ORA 6242289]<BR><BR><BR>
Fixes/Additions from upstream distribution
provider<BR> * Enhancement for Ext3 ( file system
capacity has been extended beyond 8TB to a maximum of
16TB)<BR> * Added Shared page tables support for
hugetlb memory.<BR> * The new sysfs parameter
tick_driver option allows you to adjust the system clock rate while
maintaining the same<BR>
visible HZ timing value to user space
applications.<BR> * Kernel boot line parameter
mpath enables anaconda to detect, create, and install to dm-multipath
devices.<BR> * SAN disk device (Fibre Channel or
iSCSI) is now supported as boot devices.<BR>
* Support added for nfsroot in this
release.<BR> * Installation / Boot for iSCSI
software initiator (open-iscsi) supported in this
release.<BR> * Added function calls to set maximum
read request size for PCIX and PCI-Express for PCI
drivers<BR> * Added support for SB600
SMBus<BR> * Support added for I/OAT-enabled
chipsets in e1000 driver.<BR> * Support added for
5709 hardware in bnx2 driver.<BR> * Added
forcedeth-0.60 driver.<BR> * Support added
for NetXen 10GbE network cards in netxen_nic
driver.<BR> * Added support for Chelsio 10G
Ethernet Network Controller.<BR> * Added support
for PCI error recovery to the s2io device.<BR> *
Broadcomm wireless ethernet driver now supports PCI ID for nx6325
card.<BR> * fixed a bug that caused an
ASSERTION FAILED error when attempting to start a BCM4306 via
ifup.<BR> * Added EEH PCI error recovery
support for the Intel 10-gigabit ethernet card in ixgb driver
.<BR> * qla3xxx driver is enabled and updated to
provide networking support for QLogic iSCSI adapters without using
iSCSI.<BR> * IPMI driver updated to be in
sync with upstream version 2.6.21.3.<BR> * Added
PCI IDs for aic79xx driver.<BR> * Added support
for PRIMERGY RX800S2 and RX800S3 in aacraid
driver.<BR> * Emulex lpfc driver updated to
version 8.1.10.9.<BR> * Updated qla4xxx
driver.<BR> * Added support for Areca RAID
controllers in arcmsr driver.<BR> * 3w-9xxx module
now support 3ware 9650SE.<BR> * The CIFS client
has been updated to version 1.48aRH.<BR> * Added
support for MODULE_FIRMWARE tags.<BR> * Added
support for ICH9 controllers.<BR> * Add support
for Greyhound processors in CPUID calls.<BR> *
Support added in Oprofile for new Greyhound performance counter
events.<BR> * The Intel graphics chipset is now
supported through the DRM kernel module.<BR> *
ACPI power management have improved S3 suspend-to-RAM and S4
hibernate.<BR> * Support added for implicit
active-active failover using dm-multipath on EMC Clariion
storage.<BR><BR>_*Software Accessibility*_<BR><BR>All packages are available via
ULN (http://linux.oracle.com).<BR><BR>Installable binary and source ISO images
will be available at http://edelivery.oracle.com shortly. <BR><BR> If ISO
images are needed before they are available on eDelivery, please request
these via a Metalink service request.<BR><BR>For more information please
visit http://linux.oracle.com<BR><BR><BR>Thank
you<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Enterprise Linux Team</FONT></BODY></HTML>