The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.
This is the third regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
New features introduced in this update include:
Open InfiniBand (OpenIB) support
Serial Attached SCSI support
NFS access control lists, asynchronous I/O
IA64 multi-core support and sgi updates
Large SMP CPU limits increased using the largesmp kernel: Up to 512 CPUs
in ia64, 128 in ppc64, and 64 in AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Improved read-ahead performance
Common Internet File System (CIFS) update
Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) modules
Unisys support
There were several bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing
effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement
in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
The following security bug was fixed in this update:
The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions:
cciss: 2.6.8 to 2.6.8-rh1
ipmi_devintf: 33.4 to 33.11
ipmi_msghandler: 33.4 to 33.11
ipmi_poweroff: 33.4 to 33.11
ipmi_si: 33.4 to 33.11
ipmi_watchdog: 33.4 to 33.11
mptbase: 3.02.18 to 3.02.60.01rh
e1000: 6.0.54-k2-NAPI to 6.1.16-k2-NAPI
ixgb: 1.0.95-k2-NAPI to 1.0.100-k2-NAPI
tg3: 3.27-rh to 3.43-rh
aacraid: 1.1.2-lk2 to 1.1-5[2412]
ahci: 1.01 to 1.2
ata_piix: 1.03 to 1.05
iscsi_sfnet: 4:0.1.11-1 to 4:0.1.11-2
libata: 1.11 to 1.20
qla2100: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3
qla2200: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3
qla2300: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3
qla2322: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3
qla2xxx: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3
qla6312: 8.01.00b5-rh2 to 8.01.02-d3
sata_nv: 0.6 to 0.8
sata_promise: 1.01 to 1.03
sata_svw: 1.06 to 1.07
sata_sx4: 0.7 to 0.8
sata_vsc: 1.0 to 1.1
cifs: 1.20 to 1.34
Added drivers:
bnx2: 1.4.25
dell_rbu: 0.7
hangcheck-timer: 0.9.0
ib_mthca: 0.06
megaraid_sas: 00.00.02.00
qla2400: 8.01.02-d3
typhoon: 1.5.7
All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their
kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures
and configurations as listed in this erratum.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | any | ppc64 | kernel | < 2.6.9-34.EL | kernel-2.6.9-34.EL.ppc64.rpm |
RedHat | any | noarch | kernel-doc | < 2.6.9-34.EL | kernel-doc-2.6.9-34.EL.noarch.rpm |
RedHat | any | ia64 | kernel-devel | < 2.6.9-34.EL | kernel-devel-2.6.9-34.EL.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | any | s390x | kernel-devel | < 2.6.9-34.EL | kernel-devel-2.6.9-34.EL.s390x.rpm |
RedHat | any | ia64 | kernel-largesmp-devel | < 2.6.9-34.EL | kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-34.EL.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | any | x86_64 | kernel-smp | < 2.6.9-34.EL | kernel-smp-2.6.9-34.EL.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | any | src | glibc | < 2.3.4-2.9 | glibc-2.3.4-2.9.src.rpm |
RedHat | any | src | kernel | < 2.6.9-34.EL | kernel-2.6.9-34.EL.src.rpm |
RedHat | any | x86_64 | kernel | < 2.6.9-34.EL | kernel-2.6.9-34.EL.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | any | ppc64iseries | kernel-devel | < 2.6.9-34.EL | kernel-devel-2.6.9-34.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm |