[El-errata] ELEA-2009-1425 Enterprise Linux 3 new package: virtio

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Tue Sep 22 12:02:21 PDT 2009


Enterprise Linux Enhancement Advisory ELEA-2009-1425

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1425.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 3 have been uploaded to 
the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.0.2.el3.athlon.rpm
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.0.2.el3.i686.rpm
kmod-virtio-hugemem-0.1-16.0.2.el3.i686.rpm
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.0.2.el3.athlon.rpm
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.0.2.el3.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.0.2.el3.ia32e.rpm
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.0.2.el3.x86_64.rpm
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.0.2.el3.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el3/SRPMS-updates/virtio-0.1-16.0.2.el3.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[0.1-16.0.2.el3]
- Update summary in specfile
- Update virtio-kmodtool-el3 to support both rhel and oracle kernel version

[0.1-16.0.1.el3]
- Update summary to be product neutral

[0.1-16]
- Minor typo fixes in README and spec file

[0.1-15]
- Changed "Adding block devices" chapter
- Add "Linux swap partition chapter

[0.1-14]
- Fixed build smp/hugemem packages

[0.1-13]
- Fixed spec file to not generate debug rpm
- Add depmod call to postinstall script
- Kernel version updated to 2.4.21.60

[0.1-12]
- Fixed spec file to not generate empty virtio rpm

[0.1-11]
- Changed README file - not using negative logic

[0.1-10]
- modified rpm post-install script code creating block device nodes
- created disk nodes count increased to 15 disks with 15 partitions
- README file update concerning manual block device nodes creation

[0.1-9]
- README file update based on review Don's review comments
- Updated postinstall script to get correct major number of virtio_blk

[0.1-8]
- hard-code the kernel verrel to 2.4.21-58.EL

[0.1-7]
- Add GSO/TSO information into README file

[0.1-5]
- Return ia32e platform support, add README comment concerning x86_64 
platform

[0.1-4]
- Fixed kvariants variable handling

[0.1-3]
- Add dev nodes handling during rpm install/uninstall and removed ia32 
platform

[0.1-2]
- Used kmod tool

[0.1-1]
- Updated spec to use 2.4.21-58.EL kernel version
- First version based on virtio backport package git commit
  ae1ae62c24d1eddd35424bb1c6ce614f460e4962 and linux-2.6 git commit
  908a7a16b852ffd618a9127be8d62432182d81b4, 2.6 to 2.4 patch provided by
  Marcello Tosatti and bugfix patch by Miroslav Rezanina





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