Issued:
2008-05-21
Updated:
2008-05-21

RHBA-2008:0314 - Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2

Synopsis

Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. This is the second regular update.

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

General Kernel Feature Support:

  • rebase xen packages to version 3.1.2
  • performance improvements and bug fixes for GFS2
  • update utrace support
  • add eCryptfs support
  • add NFS server support for 32-bit clients, and 64-bit inodes
  • add memory accounting in UDP
  • add RFC 4303 compliant auditing support
  • add new algorithms and interfaces in IPsec
  • add authenc in crypto library

General Platform Support:

  • update on-demand governor driver
  • enable config options for IPMI panic handling
  • add HDMI support for AMD and ATI integrated chipsets
  • update OFED support to v1.3
  • update FireWire support to latest upstream
  • eliminate erroneous PCI Rom warning messages
  • add support to offline CPU when realtime processes are running

Architecture Specific Support:

x86, AMD64, Intel(R) 64:

  • add support of pci=norom boot parameter to disable p2p rom window
  • enable pci=bfsort
  • increase boot command line size to 2048 for 64-bit architectures
  • add event based profiling support to AMD Greyhound systems
  • add Intel Dynamic Acceleration Technology

Intel(R) 64:

  • add CMCI for hot-plugged processors
  • remove Intel(R) 64 stack hard limit of DEFAULT_USER_STACK_SIZE
  • add zonelist order sysctl/boot option on NUMA systems

64-bit PowerPC:

  • add OProfile support to IBM Cell/B.E. platforms
  • update PMI driver for Cell blades
  • enable support of FB_RADEON driver for IBM Power6 blades
  • update ehea driver to latest upstream
  • add Scaled Processor Utilization of Resources Register SPURR support
  • boot Cell blades with more than 2GB memory
  • improve watchpoint support in GDB for power platform
  • improve hugepage allocation with memory-less nodes
  • add SLB shadow buffer support

IBM System z:

  • add large page support to IBM System z
  • add IBM eServer zSeries HiperSockets MAC layer routing and IP packet support
  • add IBM z/VM monitor stream state 2 application support
  • add support for IBM z/VM DIAG 2FC for HYPFS
  • add AF_IUCV Protocol support on BSD socket interface
  • add dynamic CHPID reconfiguration support via SCLP

New Driver Support or Driver Updates:

Miscellaneous Driver Updates:

  • add R500/R600 drm driver (X11 deccelerator driver) support
  • add trust computing/trust platfrom module
  • add support for Realtek ALC888S codec

Network Driver Updates:

  • add bnx2x driver for Broadcom 10GbE hardware
  • add dm9601 driver support for DAVICOM's ZT6688
  • update bnx2, e1000, e1000e, tg3, forcedeth, igb, ixgb, and cxgb3 drivers
  • add WEXT scan capabilities to wireless extensions API
  • update mac80211/iwl4965 infrastructure
  • update cfg80211 driver to support mac80211/iwl4965
  • update ixgbe driver to support new Intel 10GbE hardware
  • add r8169 driver support for Realtek 8111c and 8101e loms
  • update bonding, netxen, and ioatdma driver

Storage Driver Updates:

  • update aic94xx, areca, aacraid, cciss, ibmvSCSI driver
  • update ipr driver to add dual SAS RAID controller support
  • add iSCSI Boot Firmware Table tool support
  • update qla2xxx, mpt-fusion, lpfc, stex, megaraid_sas
  • update firmwire for Qlogic 25xxx
  • update SATA driver and infrastructure
  • add SB800/SB700/SB600 SATA/LAN support
  • add DRAC4 hotplug support
  • add hotplug docking support for some laptops
  • add uevent, and kobject to device mapper infrastructure for xDR/GDPs
  • update device mapper support

For a comprehensive list of kernel-related updates, refer to the latest version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 release notes on:

This content is not included.http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which apply these kernel updates.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.el5.ia64.rpm
  • kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.src.rpm
  • kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.el5.ia64.rpm
  • kernel-kdump-2.6.18-92.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.el5.ia64.rpm
  • kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.i686.rpm
  • kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.ia64.rpm
  • kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-doc-2.6.18-92.el5.noarch.rpm
  • kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.ia64.rpm
  • kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.el5.i386.rpm
  • kernel-PAE-2.6.18-92.el5.i686.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.ia64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.i686.rpm
  • kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.ia64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.el5.i686.rpm
  • kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.i686.rpm
  • kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.el5.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-kdump-2.6.18-92.el5.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.el5.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.el5.ppc.rpm
  • kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.i686.rpm
  • kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.i686.rpm
  • kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.el5.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.el5.i686.rpm
  • kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

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