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Oracle Linux 5.9 ships with following three sets of kernel packages
* Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [kernel-uek-2.6.39-300.26.1.el5uek]
o Installed and booted by default
* Red Hat compatible Kernel [kernel-2.6.18-348.el5].
o Installed by default
* Red Hat compatible Kernel with bug fixes added by Oracle [kernel-2.6.18-348.0.0.0.1.el5]
o This kernel, available on x86 and x86_64, can only be installed manually.
This update includes the following kernel/driver changes:
<b>Bug Fixes added by Oracle</b>
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<li><big><tt>Fix __put_nfs_open_context() NULL pointer panic
[orabug 12687646]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix scsi hotplug and rescan race [orabug 10260172]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix filp_close() race [orabug 10335998]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix missing aio_complete() in end_io [orabug
10365195]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Make xenkbd.abs_pointer=1 by default [orabug
67188919]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Check to see if hypervisor supports memory
reservation change [orabug 7556514]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Enable entropy for
bnx2,bnx2x,e1000e,igb,ixgb,ixgbe,ixgbevf [orabug 10315433]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Add xen pv netconsole support [orabug 6993043] [bz
7258]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>shrink_zone patch [orabug 6086839]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix aacraid not to reset during kexec [orabug
8516042]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Patch rds to 1.4.2-20 [orabug 9471572, 9344105]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet -RDS</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix lockup of the tx queue - ipoib</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off - RDS</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Properly unmap when getting a remote access error -
RDS</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to() - RDS</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Too many getattr and access calls after direct I/O
[orabug 9348191]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix PVHVM guest with PoD crash under memory pressure
[orabug 9107465]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix PV guest with FC HBA hang during shutdown [orabug
9764220]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Support 256GB+ memory for pv guest [orabug 9450615]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter [orabug
6124033]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Make configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug
9752208]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Fix memory corruption - ipoib [orabug 9972346]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Patch removes limit on number of retries an aio can
submit [orabug 10044782]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Do not call loop_unplug for not configured loop
device [orabug 10314497]</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>Link detection does not work with 802.3ad bonding
[orabug 12377284]</tt></big></li>
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<li><big><tt>The mptfusion driver has been updated to version
3.04.20, which adds the following device ID: SAS1068_820XELP</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The qla2xxx driver for Qlogic Fibre-Channel HBAs has
been updated to version 8.04.00.05.05.09-k</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The qla4xxx driver has been updated to version
5.02.04.05.05.09-d0</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>the lpfc driver for Emulex Fibre-Channel Host Bus
Adapters has been updated to version 8.2.0.128.3p</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The be2iscsi driver for ServerEngines BladeEngine 2
Open iSCSI devices has been updated to version 4.2.163.0r</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The bnx2i driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI has
been updated to version 2.7.2.2</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The Brocade BFA FC SCSI driver (bfa driver) driver
was updated to version 3.0.23.0</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The bfa firmware was updated to version 3.0.23.0</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The mpt2sas driver was updated to version
13.101.00.00, which adds NUMA I/O support, Fast Load
Support, and support for customer specific branding</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The megaraid_sas driver has been updated to version
00.00.06.15-rh</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The iscsiuio driver for the Broadcom NetXtreme II
BCM5706/5708/5709 series PCI/PCI-X Gigabit Ethernet Network
Interface card and for the Broadcom NetXtremem
IIBCM57710/57711/57712/57800/57810/57840 series PCI-E 10
Gigabit Ethernet Network Interface Card has been updated to
version 0.7.4.3, which includes VLAN and routing support</tt></big></li>
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<li><big><tt>The ib_qib device driver is an updated version of
Qlogic's ib_path InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter (HCA)
device driver and has been added to the Red Hat Compatible
Kernel</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The Solarflare driver (sfc) has been updated to
version 3.1</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The bnx2x firmware has been updated to version 7.2.51
to include support for the Broadcom 577xx chips</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The bnx2x driver has been updated to version
1.72.51-0+ to include support for the Broadcom 578xx chips</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The bnx2 driver has been updated to version 2.2.1+</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The cnic driver and firmware have been updated to add
FCoE parity error recovery, statistic support and FCoE
capabilities advertisement</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The cxgb3 driver for the Chelsio T3 family of network
devices has been updated</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The cxgb4 driver for the Chelsio T4 family of network
devices has been updated</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The cxgb4 firmware has been updated to upstream
version 1.4.23.0</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The iw_cxgb3 driver has been updated to the latest
upstream version</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The iw_cxgb4 driver has been updated to the latest
upstream version</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The cxgb4i, cxgb3i and libcxgbi driver have been
updated</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The netxen_nic driver has been updated to version
4.0.79</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The tg3 driver for Broadcom Tigon3 Ethernet devices
has been updated to version 3.123</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The ixgbe driver for Intel 10 Gigabit PCI Express
network devices has been updated to the latest upstream
version</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The ixgbevf driver has been updated to the latest
upstream version</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The igbvf driver has been updated to upstream version
2.0.1-k-1</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The igb driver for Intel Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
has been updates to the latest upstream version</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The e1000e driver for Intel 82563/6/7,
82571/2/3/4/7/8/9, and 82583 PCI-E family of controllers has
been updated to the latest upstream version</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The BNA driver and firmware have been updated to
version 3.0.23.0</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The qlge driver has been updated to version
1.00.00.30</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The qlcnic driver for HP NC-Series Qlogic 10 Gigabit
Server Adapters has been updated to version 5.0.29</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The be2net driver for Server Engines BladeEngine2
10Gbps network devices has been updated to version 4.2.116r</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The enic driver for Cisco 10G Ethernet devices has
been updated to version 2.1.1.35+</tt></big></li>
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<li><big><tt>The mlx4 ib and net drivers have been updated to the
latest upstream version. Additionally, support for EEH error
recovery has been added to the mlx4 driver.</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The mlx4_en driver has been updated to version 1.5.3</tt></big></li>
<li><big><tt>The mlx4_core driver has been updated to version
1.0-ofed1.5.4</tt></big></li>
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All packages are available via ULN (<a href="http://linux.oracle.com/">http://linux.oracle.com</a>).
Installable binary and source ISO images will be available on the <a href="http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux">Oracle Software Delivery Cloud</a> shortly.
If ISO images are needed before they are available on the <a href="http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux">Oracle Software Delivery Cloud</a>, please request these via a My Oracle Support service request.
For more information please visit <a href="http://linux.oracle.com">http://linux.oracle.com</a>
Thank you
Sincerely,
Oracle Linux Team</pre>
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