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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· Oracle Linux 5.9 ships with following three sets of kernel packages
· Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [kernel-uek-2.6.39-300.26.1.el5uek]
· Installed and booted by default
· Red Hat compatible Kernel [kernel-2.6.18-348.el5].
· Installed by default
· Red Hat compatible Kernel with bug fixes added by Oracle [kernel-2.6.18-348.0.0.0.1.el5]
· This kernel, available on x86 and x86_64, can only be installed manually.
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]
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
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