[El-errata] Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 9 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures

Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Wed Jan 16 15:08:04 PST 2013


Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 9 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures.

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:


*Bug Fixes added by Oracle*

    * Fix __put_nfs_open_context() NULL pointer panic [orabug 12687646]
    * Fix scsi hotplug and rescan race [orabug 10260172]
    * Fix filp_close() race [orabug 10335998]
    * Fix missing aio_complete() in end_io [orabug 10365195]
    * Make xenkbd.abs_pointer=1 by default [orabug 67188919]
    * Check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change
      [orabug 7556514]
    * Enable entropy for bnx2,bnx2x,e1000e,igb,ixgb,ixgbe,ixgbevf
      [orabug 10315433]
    * Add xen pv netconsole support [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258]
    * shrink_zone patch [orabug 6086839]
    * Fix aacraid not to reset during kexec [orabug 8516042]
    * Patch rds to 1.4.2-20 [orabug 9471572, 9344105]
    * Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet -RDS
    * Fix lockup of the tx queue - ipoib
    * Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off - RDS
    * Properly unmap when getting a remote access error - RDS
    * Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to() - RDS
    * Too many getattr and access calls after direct I/O [orabug 9348191]
    * Fix PVHVM guest with PoD crash under memory pressure [orabug 9107465]
    * Fix PV guest with FC HBA hang during shutdown [orabug 9764220]
    * Support 256GB+ memory for pv guest [orabug 9450615]
    * Fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter [orabug 6124033]
    * Make configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug 9752208]
    * Fix memory corruption - ipoib [orabug 9972346]
    * Patch removes limit on number of retries an aio can submit [orabug
      10044782]
    * Do not call loop_unplug for not configured loop device [orabug
      10314497]
    * Link detection does not work with 802.3ad bonding [orabug 12377284]

*Driver Updates from the upstream distribution provider*

*Storage*

    * The mptfusion driver has been updated to version 3.04.20, which
      adds the following device ID: SAS1068_820XELP
    * The qla2xxx driver for Qlogic Fibre-Channel HBAs has been updated
      to version 8.04.00.05.05.09-k
    * The qla4xxx driver has been updated to version 5.02.04.05.05.09-d0
    * the lpfc driver for Emulex Fibre-Channel Host Bus Adapters has
      been updated to version 8.2.0.128.3p
    * The be2iscsi driver for ServerEngines BladeEngine 2 Open iSCSI
      devices has been updated to version 4.2.163.0r
    * The bnx2i driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI has been updated
      to version 2.7.2.2
    * The Brocade BFA FC SCSI driver (bfa driver) driver was updated to
      version 3.0.23.0
    * The bfa firmware was updated to version 3.0.23.0
    * 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
    * The megaraid_sas driver has been updated to version 00.00.06.15-rh
    * 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

*Network*

    * 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
    * The Solarflare driver (sfc) has been updated to version 3.1
    * The bnx2x firmware has been updated to version 7.2.51 to include
      support for the Broadcom 577xx chips
    * The bnx2x driver has been updated to version 1.72.51-0+ to include
      support for the Broadcom 578xx chips
    * The bnx2 driver has been updated to version 2.2.1+
    * The cnic driver and firmware have been updated to add FCoE parity
      error recovery, statistic support and FCoE capabilities advertisement
    * The cxgb3 driver for the Chelsio T3 family of network devices has
      been updated
    * The cxgb4 driver for the Chelsio T4 family of network devices has
      been updated
    * The cxgb4 firmware has been updated to upstream version 1.4.23.0
    * The iw_cxgb3 driver has been updated to the latest upstream version
    * The iw_cxgb4 driver has been updated to the latest upstream version
    * The cxgb4i, cxgb3i and libcxgbi driver have been updated
    * The netxen_nic driver has been updated to version 4.0.79
    * The tg3 driver for Broadcom Tigon3 Ethernet devices has been
      updated to version 3.123
    * The ixgbe driver for Intel 10 Gigabit PCI Express network devices
      has been updated to the latest upstream version
    * The ixgbevf driver has been updated to the latest upstream version
    * The igbvf driver has been updated to upstream version 2.0.1-k-1
    * The igb driver for Intel Gigabit Ethernet Adapters has been
      updates to the latest upstream version
    * 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
    * The BNA driver and firmware have been updated to version 3.0.23.0
    * The qlge driver has been updated to version 1.00.00.30
    * The qlcnic driver for HP NC-Series Qlogic 10 Gigabit Server
      Adapters has been updated to version 5.0.29
    * The be2net driver for Server Engines BladeEngine2 10Gbps network
      devices has been updated to version 4.2.116r
    * The enic driver for Cisco 10G Ethernet devices has been updated to
      version 2.1.1.35+

*Miscellaneous*

    * 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.
    * The mlx4_en driver has been updated to version 1.5.3
    * The mlx4_core driver has been updated to version 1.0-ofed1.5.4

*Software Accessibility*

All packages are available via ULN (http://linux.oracle.com  <http://linux.oracle.com/>).

Installable binary and source ISO images will be available on theOracle Software Delivery Cloud  <http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux>  shortly.

If ISO images are needed before they are available on theOracle Software Delivery Cloud  <http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux>, please request these via a My Oracle Support service request.

For more information  please visithttp://linux.oracle.com


Thank you

Sincerely,

Oracle Linux Team

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