| 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:
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.
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