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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>Oracle Linux 6 Update 8
ships with three sets of kernel packages:</tt></p>
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<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Unbreakable
Enterprise Kernel Release 6 (</tt><code class="literal"
style="font-size: 13.3px; font-weight: bold;
background-color: white;">kernel-uek-4.1.12-37.4.1.el6uek</code><tt>)
for x86-64</tt></p>
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<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Unbreakable
Enterprise Kernel Release 2 (</tt><code class="literal"
style="font-size: 13.3px; font-weight: bold;
background-color: white;">kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.278.2.el6uek</code><tt>)
for i386</tt></p>
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<p style="font-size: 14px; display: block; max-width: 720px;"><tt>Red
Hat Compatible Kernel (</tt><code class="literal"
style="font-size: 13.3px; font-weight: bold;
background-color: white;">kernel-2.6.32-642.el6</code><tt>)
for i386 and x86-64</tt></p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>By default, both the
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and the Red Hat Compatible Kernel
for the specific architecture (i386 or x86-64) are installed and
the system boots the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel.</tt></p>
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rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
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text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>The ISO image for
Oracle Linux 6 Update 8 for i386 includes the Red Hat Compatible
Kernel and the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 but not
the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3, which does not
support i386.</tt></p>
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14px; display: block; max-width: 720px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><tt>The ISO image for Oracle Linux 6 Update 8 for x86-64
includes the Red Hat Compatible Kernel and the Unbreakable
Enterprise Kernel Release 4 but not the Unbreakable Enterprise
Kernel Release 2 and </tt><tt> Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel
Release 3</tt><tt> .</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 (UEK R2) is
based on the upstream kernel 3.0.36 stable source tree.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel supports a wide range
of hardware and devices. In close cooperation with hardware and
storage vendors, a number of device drivers have been updated by
Oracle in the 2.6.39-400 kernel. For details, see the <a
href="http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/E48381/html/index.html">Oracle
Linux Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 Quarterly Update
5 Release Notes</a>.</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 (UEK R4) is
based on the upstream kernel 4.1.12 stable source tree. For more
information about UEK R4, see the <a
href="http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/E73420/html/index.html">Oracle
Linux Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 Update 1 Release
Notes</a>.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>A very large number of changes have taken place in
mainline Linux between 3.0.x, on which UEK R2 is based, and
4.1.12, on which UEK R4 is based.</tt><br>
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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://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/index.html</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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