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<tt>Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle
Linux 6.1 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 bit) architectures.<br>
<br>
<br>
Oracle Linux 6.1 ships with two sets of kernel packages:<br>
<br>
* Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel
[kernel-uek-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek]<br>
o Installed and booted by default<br>
* Red Hat compatible Kernel [kernel-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6]<br>
o Installed by default<br>
<br>
<br>
</tt><strong></strong><tt>Oracle Linux 6.1 includes both a 32 bit
and a 64 bit Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. By default, both the
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and the Red Hat Compatible Kernel
are installed. Unbreakable Enterprise kernel shipped in this
update has following driver updates:<br>
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<tt>Network Drivers updates</tt> <br>
<br>
<blockquote><tt> * Updated tg3 to version 3.113.</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated bnx2 driver and firmware to version 2.1.6</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Added support for bnx2fc (version 1.0.2)</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated bnx2x to version 1.62.00-6</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated cnic to version 2.2.14</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated bnx2i to version 2.6.2.3</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated be2net to version 2.103.298r</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated e100 to version 3.5.24-k2</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated e1000e to version 1.2.20-k2</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated ixgbe to version 3.2.10-NAPI</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated igb to version 3.0.6-k2</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated cxgb3 to version 1.1.4-ko</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Added Chelsio T4(cxgb4) support (version 1.3.0-k0)</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated bna to version 2.3.2.3r.</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated igbvf to version 1.0.8-k0</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated ixgbevf to version 1.0.19-k0</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated qlge to version v1.00.00.27.00.00-01</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated vxge to version 2.0.9-20840-k</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Added qlcnic version 5.0.15.2</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated enic to version 2.1.1.13 </tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated netxen_nic to version 4.0.75</tt><br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<tt>SCSI Drivers updates</tt> <br>
<blockquote><tt>* </tt><tt>Updated cxgb3i to version 2.0.0</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Added cxgb4i (version 0.9.1)</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated lpfc to version 0:8.3.5.30.1p</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated megaraid_sas to version 00.00.05.34-rc1</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated mpt2sas to version 08.101.00.00</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated mptsas to version 3.04.18</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated ipr to version 2.5.1</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated fnic to version 1.5.0.1</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated be2iscsi to version 2.103.298.0</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated bfa to version 2.3.2.3</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated hpsa to version 2.0.2-3</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated cciss to version 3.6.28-RH</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated qla4xxx to version v5.02.12.00.32.01-c0</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated qla2xxx driver to version
v8.03.07.03.32.1-k</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Added Intel SCU driver version 1.0 </tt><br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<tt>Infiniband</tt> <br>
<br>
<blockquote><tt>* </tt><tt>Added QLogic IB support</tt><br>
<tt>* </tt><tt>Updated nes to 1.5.0.0</tt><br>
</blockquote>
<tt><br>
<br>
For more information, please refer to the online release notes
available at:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs">http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Software Accessibility<br>
<br>
All packages are available on the Unbreakable Linux Network (<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://linux.oracle.com">http://linux.oracle.com</a>).<br>
<br>
Installable binary and source ISO images are available on
eDelivery (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux">http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux</a>).<br>
<br>
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<pre>If ISO images are needed before they are available on eDelivery, please request these via a My Oracle Support service request.
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<tt><br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
The Oracle Linux Team</tt>
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