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<pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux 6.5 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 bit) architectures.
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<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px; color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255,
255, 255);"><tt>Oracle Linux 6 Update 5 ships with three sets of
kernel packages:</tt></p>
<div class="itemizedlist" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align:
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Unbreakable
Enterprise Kernel Release 2 (</tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px;
background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.211.1.el6uek</code></tt><tt>)
for x86</tt></p>
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<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Unbreakable
Enterprise Kernel Release 3 (</tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px;
background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">kernel-uek-3.8.13-16.2.1.el6uek</code></tt><tt>)
for x86<code>_</code>64</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Red
Hat Compatible Kernel (</tt><tt><code class="literal"
style="font-size: 13px; background-color: white;
font-weight: bold;">kernel-2.6.32-431.el6</code></tt><tt>)
for x86 and x86_64</tt></p>
</li>
</ul>
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<pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">By default, both the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and the Red Hat Compatible Kernel are installed.
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<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px; color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255,
255, 255);"><tt>UEK R3 includes the following major improvements
over UEK R2:</tt></p>
<div class="itemizedlist" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align:
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Integrated
DTrace support in the UEK R3 kernel and user-space tracing
of DTrace-enabled applications.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Device
mapper support for an external, read-only device as the
origin for a thinly-provisioned volume.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>The</tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2,
103, 137); background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">loop</code></tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt>driver
provides the same I/O functionality as</tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2,
103, 137); background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">dm-nfs</code></tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt>by
extending the AIO interface to perform direct I/O. To
create the loopback device, use the</tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><span
class="command"><strong>losetup</strong></span></tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt>command
instead of</tt><tt><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><span
class="command"><strong>dmsetup</strong></span></tt><tt>.
The</tt><tt><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2,
103, 137); background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">dm-nfs</code></tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt>module is
not provided with UEK R3.</tt></p>
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<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Btrfs</tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><span
class="command"><strong>send</strong></span></tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt>and</tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><span
class="command"><strong>receive</strong></span></tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt>subcommands
allow you to record the differences between two
subvolumes, which can either be snapshots of the same
subvolume or parent and child subvolumes.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Btrfs
quota groups (</tt><tt><span class="emphasis"><em
style="font-style: italic; font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);
background-color: white;">qgroups</em></span></tt><tt>)
allow you to set different size limits for a volume and
its subvolumes.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Btrfs
supports replacing devices without unmounting or otherwise
disrupting access to the file system.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Ext4
quotas are enabled as soon as the file system is mounted.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>TCP
controlled delay management (</tt><tt><span
class="emphasis"><em style="font-style: italic;
font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,
51, 51); background-color: white;">CoDel</em></span></tt><tt>)
is a new active queue management algorithm that is
designed to handle excessive buffering across a network
connection (</tt><tt><span class="emphasis"><em
style="font-style: italic; font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);
background-color: white;">bufferbloat</em></span></tt><tt>).
The algorithm is based on for how long packets are
buffered in the queue rather than the size of the queue.
If the minimum queuing time rises above a threshold value,
the algorithm discards packets and reduces the
transmission rate of TCP.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>TCP
connection repair implements process checkpointing and
restart, which allows a TCP connection to be stopped on
one host and restarted on another host. Container
virtualization can use this feature to move a network
connection between hosts.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>TCP
and STCP early retransmit allows fast retransmission
(under certain conditions) to reduce the number of
duplicate acknowledgements.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>TCP
fast open (TFO) can speed up the opening of successive TCP
connections between two endpoints by eliminating one round
time trip (RTT) from some TCP transactions.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>The
TCP small queue algorithm is another mechanism intended to
help deal with bufferbloat. The algorithm limits the
amount of data that can be queued for transmission by a
socket.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>The
secure computing mode feature (</tt><tt><span
class="emphasis"><em style="font-style: italic;
font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,
51, 51); background-color: white;">seccomp</em></span></tt><tt>)
is a simple sandbox mechanism that, in strict mode, allows
a thread to transition to a state where it cannot make any
system calls except from a very restricted set (</tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2,
103, 137); background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">_exit()</code></tt><tt>,</tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2,
103, 137); background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">read()</code></tt><tt>,</tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2,
103, 137); background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">sigreturn()</code></tt><tt>,
and</tt><tt><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2,
103, 137); background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">write()</code></tt><tt>)
and it can only use file descriptors that were already
open. In filter mode, a thread can specify an arbitrary
filter of permitted systems calls that would be forbidden
in strict mode. Access to this feature is by using the</tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2,
103, 137); background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">prctl()</code></tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt>system
call. For more information, see the</tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt><code
class="literal" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(2,
103, 137); background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">prctl(2)</code></tt><tt><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></tt><tt>manual
page.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>The
OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 2.0 stack
supports the following protocols:</tt></p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>SCSI RDMA Protocol (SRP) enables access to
remote SCSI devices via remote direct memory access
(RDMA)</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>iSCSI Extensions for remote direct memory
access (iSER) provide access to iSCSI storage
devices</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) is a
high-performance, low-latency, reliable
connectionless protocol for datagram delivery</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) supports
stream sockets for RDMA network fabrics</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Ethernet over InfiniBand (EoIB)</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>IP encapsulation over InfiniBand (IPoIB)</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Ethernet tunneling over InfiniBand
(eIPoIB)</tt></p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>The
OFED 2.0 stack also supports the following RDS features:</tt></p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Async Send (AS)</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Quality of Service (QoS)</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Automatic Path Migration (APM)</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Active Bonding (AB)</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Shared Request Queue (SRQ)</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style:
square outside none; vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width:
720px;"><tt>Netfilter (NF)</tt></p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Paravirtualization
support has been enabled for Oracle Linux guests on
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 R2
Hyper-V.</tt></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem" style="font-size: 14px; list-style: disc
outside none; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 16px;">
<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>The
Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) tunneling protocol overlays
a virtual network on an existing Layer 3 infrastructure to
allow the transfer of Layer 2 Ethernet packets over UDP.
This feature is intended for use by a virtual network
infrastructure in a virtualized environment. Use cases
include virtual machine migration and software-defined
networking (SDN).</tt></p>
</li>
</ul>
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<pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">For more information, please refer to the online release notes available at:
<a href="http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs">http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs</a>
Software Accessibility
All packages are available on the <a href="http://linux.oracle.com">Unbreakable Linux Network</a>.
Installable binary and source ISO images will available on <a href="http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux">Oracle Software Delivery Cloud </a> shortly.
If ISO images are needed before they are available on Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, please request these via a My Oracle Support service request.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
The Oracle Linux Team</pre>
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