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<pre>Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Enterprise Linux Release 4 Update 8 for x86 (32 bit), x86_64 (64 Bit) and Itanium (ia64) architectures.
This update includes the following kernel/driver changes:
<u><b>Bug Fixes added by Oracle</b></u>
* fix skb alignment that was causing sendto() to fail with EFAULT [orabug 6845794]
* fix enomem due to larger mtu size page alloc [orabug 5486128]
* backout patch sysrq-b that queues upto keventd thread [orabug 6125546]
* netrx/netpoll race avoidance [orabug 6143381]
* Fix elf_core_dump [orabug 6995928]
* use lfence instead of cpuid instruction to implement memory barriers[orabug 7452412]
* add netpoll support to xen netfront
* execshield: fix endless GPF fault loop [orabug 7175395]
* port el5u2 patch that allows 64-bit PVHVM guest to boot with 32-bit dom0 [orabug 7452107]
* update shrink_zone patch to allow 100% swap utilization [orabug 7566319,6086839]
* backport report_lost_ticks patch from EL5.2 [orabug 6110605]
* fix for hung JVM thread after #GPF [orabug 7916406]
* port EL5U3 patch to adjust totalhigh_pages in the balloon driver [orabug 8300888]
* check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change [orabug7556514]
* use hypercall to fixmap pte updates [orabug 8433329]
* Extend physical mask to 40bit for machine above 64G [orabug 8312526]
* fix oops in show_partition using RCU [orabug 8423936]
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Fixes/Additions from Upstream Distribution Provider</b></u>
Kernel Updates:
* Added new value to tunable parameter "/proc/sys/kernel/wake_balance" .
Setting its value to 2 allows to run the thread on any available CPU
rather than scheduling it on the optimal CPU.
* Added new tunable parameter "max_writeback_pages" to /proc/sys/vm/ to
allow the max number of modified pages kupdate writes to disk per
iteration per run. Default value 1024 (4MB).
* Added new tunable parameter "swap_token_timeout" to /proc/sys/vm/ to
provide a valid hold time of swap out protection token. To disable the
swap taken mechanism set this parameter to value 0.
* Added diskdump utility support to sata_svw driver
* This update limits 32 bit kernel to boot on systems with more than 64GB
of RAM to 64GB max.
* Added support for 'rdattr_error' in NFSv4 readdir request
* Updated Common Internat File System (CIFS) to latest upstream version
* Added Intel ibex peak PCH support
* Added initialization vendor info in boot_cpu_data.
Driver Updates:
* netxen 3031 initial and msi-x support and fw bugfixes enhancement
* realtek support for 8111cp and 8111bp with Intel Tylersburg chipset
* forcedeth driver to version 0.61
* e1000e driver to version 0.3.3.3-k6
* igb to version 1.2.45-k2
* tg3 to version 3.96
* ixgbe to version 1.3.18-k4
* bnx2 to version 1.7.9
* bnx2x to version 1.45.23
* Fixed various SCSI layer issues
* Fixed dm-raid bug with reduce io delay in dm-raid1
* Updated fcp driver with backport of fcp point to point connection support
* lpfc to version 8.0.16.46
* megaraid_sas to version 4.01-rh1
* mptfusion driver to version 3.12.29.00rh
* qla2xxx firmware to 4.06.01 for 4GB/s and 8GB/s adapters
* qla2xxx driver to version 8.02.09.00.04.08-d
* Fixed sata_nv in libsata to disable adma by default
* Alsa hda driver update from upstream 2008-07-22
Other Updates:
* krb5 utilities are now PAM enabled
* full support for systemtap
* updated ipmitool to v1.8.11
* rpm now correctly fails on archives larger than 2GB
* updated device-mapper to 1.02.28
* updated device-mapper-multipath dm_hp_sw handler for HP Storage Arrays
* updated device-mapper-multipath mpath_prio_ontap for improved error
handling on NetApp
* Added IPv6 support in iscsi-initiator-utils
* Added router solicitation support
* Enforced sg requires tx csum in ethtool
* Updated OFED to v1.4
* Added new AMD HDMI audio support to ATI HDMI
* Added support for affected_cpus for cpufreq
* Removed i8042 polling timer
<u><b><tt>Software Accessibility</tt></b></u>
All packages are available via ULN (<a linkindex="6"
href="http://linux.oracle.com">http://linux.oracle.com</a>).
Installable binary and source ISO images will be available at <a
linkindex="7" href="http://edelivery.oracle.com">http://edelivery.oracle.com</a> 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 <a linkindex="8"
href="http://linux.oracle.com">http://linux.oracle.com</a>
Thank you
Sincerely,
Enterprise Linux Team
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