March 3rd, 2012Bug 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 megaraid driver to version 5.40, which provides a fix for FastPath I/O to work with degraded RAID 1.
· The qla2xxx 4G and 8G driver firmware to version 5.06.01.
· The qla2xxx driver to version 8.03.07.09.05.08-k, which provides support for ISP82xx to capture a dump (a minidump) on when failure occurs.
· The qla4xxx driver to version 5.02.04.00.05.08-d0.
· The lpfc driver to version 8.2.0.108.1p.
· The bnx2i driver to version 2.7.0.3.
· The bfa firmware to version 3.0.2.2.
· The mpt2sas driver to version 09.100.00.00, which adds support for customer specific branding.
· The mptsas driver to version 3.04.20rh.
· The uIP driver to version 0.7.0.12 as a part of the updated iscsi-initiator-utils package.
· The megaraid_sas driver to version 5.40-rh1.
Network:
· The bnx2x driver firmware to version 7.0.23, which provides support for new Broadcom 578xx chips.
· The bnx2x driver to version 1.70.x.
· The bnx2i driver to version 2.7.0.3+.
· The bnx2 driver to version 2.1.11.
· The cnic driver to version 2.5.3+.
· The netxen_nic driver to version 4.0.77, which adds support for VLAN RX HW acceleration.
· The tg3 driver to version 3.119.
· The ixgbe driver to upstream version 3.4.8-k.
· The ixgbevf driver to upstream version 2.1.0-k.
· The e1000e driver to version 1.4.4.
· The bna driver to version 3.0.2.2, which provides support for the Brocade 1860 AnyIO Fabric Adapter.
· The qlge driver to version 1.00.00.29.
· The qlcnic driver to version 5.0.18.
· The enic driver to version 2.1.1.24.
January 24th, 2011Bug 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
September 16th, 2009Bug Fixes added by Oracle:
· Check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change [orabug 7556514]
· Add entropy support to igb [orabug 7607479]
· Convert ENETUNREACH to ENOTCONN [orabug 7689332]
· Add xen pv/bonding netconsole support [orabug 6993043]
· Shrink zone patch [orabug 6086839]
· Fix aacraid not to reset during kexec [orabug 8516042]
· Fix failure of file creation from hpux client [orabug 7579314]
Fixes/Additions from the upstream distribution provider:
· A new tunable parameter /proc/sys/vm/max_writeback_pages has been added to the kernel, allowing system administrators to change the maximum number of modified pages kupdate writes to disk per iteration each time it runs. It defaults to 1024 or 4MB so that a maximum of 1024 pages get written out by each iteration of kupdate.
· A new option (CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y) has been added to kernel to assist in monitoring IO statistics per process.
· The rd_blocksize option in kernel's ramdisk driver is removed.
· This release adds the kernel version details to oops and panic output.
· The serial_reg.h file is included in the kernel_headers rpm.
· Functionality has been added to sysrq-t to display backtrace information about running processes.
· This update increases the maximum length of the kernel key field from the arbitrary 32 character length set in previous kernels to 255 characters.
· This update addresses the security concern arising from non-root users being able to create device nodes on filesystems exported using NFSD (Network File System daemon).
· Added code to produce a signature file that GRUB performs a checksum against during the boot process.
· Added code to change the DSA key from 512 bit to 1024 bit for module signing.
· Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA) support in device-mapper-multipath has been updated, adding explicit ALUA support for Clariion storage.
· Added support for raw devices. the initscripts packages is updated to add functionality of raw devices.
· The -fwrapv variable added to GCC CFLAGS in order to define wrapping behavior.
Driver Updates:
· The following portions of OpenFabrics Alliance Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
· have been updated to the upstream version 1.4.1-rc3
· Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) headers
· Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol
· Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP)
· SCSI RDMA Protocol (SRP)
· IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB)
· Additionally, the following OFED drivers have been updated to the upstream
version 1.4.1-rc3:
· cxgb3 and iw_cxgb3 drivers for the Chelsio T3 Family of network devices
· mthca-based InfiniBand HCA (Host Channel Adapter)
· qlgc_vnic driver
Network:
· igb driver updated to version 1.3.16-k2. This update also enables GRO support for the igb driver.
· igbvf driver updated to provide Virtual Function support for Intel 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controllers.
· ixgbe driver for Intel 10 Gigabit PBetaCI Express network devices updated to version 2.0.8-k2. This update also enables GRO support for the ixgbe driver.
· bnx2 driver updated to version 1.9.3
· tg3 driver updated to version 3.96.. This driver update adds support for 5785F and 50610M devices.
· cnic driver has been added, providing Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) support for bnx2 network devices.
· bnx2x driver updated to version 1.48.105.
· bnx2i driver has been added, providing iSCSI support for bnx2x network devices.
· cxgb3 driver updated to enable iSCSI TCP Offload Engines (TOE) and Generic Receive Offload (GRO) support.
· Intel(r) I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel(r) I/OAT) updated to version 2.6.24.
· forcedeth ethernet driver for NVIDIA nForce devices updated to version 0.62.
· sky2 driver updated.
· enic driver updated to version 1.0.0.933.
· e1000e driver updated to the upstream version 1.0.2-k2.
· bonding driver updated to the latest upstream version. With this updated driver, if IPv6 has been previously disabled (install ipv6 /bin/false line in the /etc/modprobe.conf file) the bonding kernel module will fail to load. The install ipv6 /bin/false line needs to be replaced with options ipv6 "disable=1" for the module to load properly.
Storage:
· bnx2 driver updated to support iSCSI .
· bnx2i version included in this release does not support IPv6
· md driver updated to provide support for bitmap merging.
· scsi driver includes the upstream scsi_dh_alua module which enables explicit asymmetric logical unit access (ALUA) support with this release. To utilize the scsi_dh_alua module when using dm-multipath, specify alua as the hardware_handler type in multipah.conf.
· rdac_dev_list structure now includes md3000 and md3000i entries.
· resolved panic during iSCSI iBFT installations.
· cxgb3 driver updated to support iSCSI TOE devices ( cxgb3i driver include doesnot support IPv6).
· new mpt2sas driver which supports the SAS-2 family of adapters from LSI Logic.
· aacraid driver updated to version 1.1.5-2461.
· aic7xxx driver now features an increased maximum I/O size.
· cciss driver has been updated to include upstream fixes affecting memory BAR discovery, the rebuild_lun_table and the MSA2012 scan thread.
· fnic driver updated to version 1.0.0.1039.
· ipr driver updated to support MSI-X interrupts.
· lpfc driver updated to version 8.2.0.48.
· MPT fusion driver updated to version 3.04.07rh v2.
· megaraid_sas driver updated to version 4.08-RH1.
· mvsas driver updated to version 0.5.4. This adds support for Marvell RAID bus controllers MV64460, MV64461, and MV64462.
· qla2xxx driver updated to version 8.03.00.10.05.04-k, and now supports Fibre Channel over Convergence Enhanced Ethernet adapters. qla24xx and qla25xx firmwares included in the qla2xxx driver updated to version 4.04.09.
· qla4xxx driver with improved driver fault recovery.
· new qlge driver to provide ethernet support for QLogic FCoE 10GB adapters.
General:
· i5400 driver updated with added support for Error Detection And Correction (EDAC).
· i2c driver for the iic-bus interface updated to support the AMD SB800 Family of products.
· i2c-piix4 driver updated to support the Broadcom HT1100 chipset.
· hpilo driver has been updated.
· dm9601 for Davicom Ethernet Adapters updated.
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