Oracle Enterprise Linux is an enterprise-class Linux-based operating system supported by Oracle. According to the project's web site, "Oracle starts with Red Hat Linux, removes Red Hat trademarks, and then adds Linux bug fixes." Oracle Enterprise Linux is, and intends to remain, fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.


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Bug Fixes added by Oracle:
· 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
· Fix qla not to query hccr [Orabug 8746702]
· Too many getattr and access calls after direct I/O [orabug 9348191]
· PVHVM guest with PoD crashes under memory pressure [orabug 9107465]
· PV guest with FC HBA hangs 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]


Fixes/Additions from the upstream distribution provider:
· The tpm_tis driver is automatically loaded at boot time.
· Added support for ITE-887x chips
· Updated qeth driver to add support for the OSX and OSM OSA CHPIDtypes.
· Updated High Definition Audio (ALSA-HDA) drivers.
· System Tap updated to version 1.3. to provide an integratedcompile-server client, automatic
· structure prettyprinting, faster and improved stack backtraces, and new sample scripts.
· Updated Kernel Probes (kprobes) implementation
· Updated Per-task statistics interface (taskstats)
· Added support for TCP cubic congested control
· Added support for the one packet scheduler in the networking stack
· Added networking tuning parameters, ip_local_reserved_ports and ip_local_port_range. These
· parameters allow users to reserve portsfor third-party applications, and blacklist known offending ports.
· Added parameter /proc/sys/vm/vm_devzero_optimized to skip ZERO_PAGE mmap of /dev/zero device
· Enhanced iSNS, in the iSCSI Initiator, and the iSNS server

Driver Updates:
· I/O AT (I/O Acceleration Technology) and DCA drivers have been updated.
· Added support for zd1211 driver for the ZyDAS ZD1211(b) 802.11a/b/g USB WLAN device .
· Updated qlcnic driver to the latest upstream version
· Updated be2net driver for ServerEngines BladeEngine2 10Gbps network devices to version 2.102.512r
· Updated bnx2 driver to version 2.0.8
· Updated bnx2x driver to version 1.52.53-4
· Updated forcedeth ethernet driver for NVIDIA nForce devices to the latest upstream version
· Updated e1000e driver to version 1.2.7-k2
· Updated enic driver for Cisco 10G Ethernet devices to version 1.4.1.2
· Updated igb driver for Intel Gigabit Ethernet Adapters to support PCI-AER
· Updated ixgbe driver to version 2.0.84-k2
· Updated netxen driver to version 4.0.73
· Updated qlge driver to version 1.00.00.25
· Updated Solarflare driver (sfc) to version 2.6.36-4c1
· Updated tg3 driver to version 3.108+
· Updated vxge driver for Neterion's X3100 Series 10GbE PCIe devices to version 2.0.8.20182-k

Storage:
· Updated cciss driver for HP Smart Array controllers to version 3.6.22.RH1
· Updated qla4xxx driver to version 5.02.03.00.05.06-d1
· Updated bnx2i driver to version 2.1.3.
· Updated lpfc driver to version 8.2.0.87
· Updated ipr driver to version 2.2.0.4
· Updated 3w-sas driver to version 3.26.00.028-2.6.18RH
· Updated 3w-xxxx driver to version 2.26.08.007-2.6.18RH
· Updated cxgb3i driver for Chelsio host bus adapters (HBAs) .
· Updated megaraid_sas driver to version 4.31
· Updated mpt2sas driver to version 05.101.00.02
· Updated qla2xxx driver to version 8.03.01.05.05.06-k