The following
rpms are modified from the upstream . All changes are trademark and
look/feel related unless otherwise noted below under the specific RPM.
anaconda
Path
of the Distribution changed from RedHat to Enterprise on the
install CDs.
basesystem
booty
bug-buddy
cryptsetup-luks
efax
firstboot
gnome-desktop
gnome-session
gpm
gstreamer
gstreamer-plugins-base
httpd
initscripts
jpackage-utils
kdeadmin
kdebase
kernel
GPG key releated changes
kexec-tool
libvirt
libxml2
libxslt
microcode_ctl
Updated firmware from
Intel
openssl
piranha
pirut
postgesql
redhat-artwork
redhat-rpm-config
rhgb
rhpl
rpm
sblim
setroubleshoot
sos
squirrelmail
stunnel
sysreport
system-config-date
system-config-httpd
system-config-kickstart
system-config-network
system-config-nfs
system-config-printer
system-config-samba
system-config-securitylevel
system-config-services
system-config-soundcard
system-config-users
tog-pegasus
tux
wireshark
ocfs2 related fix.
xorg-x11-server
zsh
Following
packages are removed
redhat-logos
Replaced by oracle-logos
redhat-release
Replaced by enterprise-release
redhat-release-notes-5Server
Replaced by enterprise-release-notes-5Server
rhn-setup
Replaced by up2date
rhn-setup-gnome
Replaced by up2date-gnome
rhn-client-tools
Replaced by up2date
rhnsd
Replaced by up2date
rhn-check
Replaced by up2date
yum-rhn-plugin
fonts-chinese
Following
documentation packages are removed
Deployment_Guide
Virtualization
Global_File_System
Cluster_Administration
New Packages added
Enterprise
Linux has following additional packages
ocfs2
ocfs2-tools
oracleasm
oracleasm-support
Kernel and Driver Updates
This section
covers significant changes in kernel in this release.
Bug
Fixes added by Oracle
Add entropy
module option to e1000 and bnx2 [ORA 6045759]
Fix msi issue
with kexec/kdump [ORA 6219364]
Fix
alloc_pages_node() static `nid' race made kernel crash
[ORA6187457]
Fix bad
unlock_page() in error case [ORA 6263574]
Fix error-path
crashes in dio [ORA 6242289]
Enterprise Linux
5.1 ships two set of kernel packages. One with bug fixes added by
Oracle and
another one without any changes from upstream kernel. Default
installation installs kernel whthout fixes added by Oracle. kernel
with bug fixes added by Oracle needs to be manually
installed. Following are the steps to install this kernel
1.
mount Enterprise Linux 5.1 CD 1 or DVD
2. copy the rpms from <mount_pont>/Server/oracle_updated to your
system
3. install the required kernel using the rpm command,
e.g. rpm -ihv kernel-2.6.18-53.0.0.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
Fixes/Additions
from upstream distribution provider
Enhancement for Ext3 ( file system capacity has been extended
beyond 8TB to a maximum of 16TB)
Added Shared page tables
support for hugetlb memory.
The new sysfs
parameter tick_driver option allows you to adjust the system
clock rate while
maintaining the same visible HZ timing value to user space
applications. Some useful setup values for 1000Hz clock
2 =
500Hz
4 = 250Hz
5 =
200Hz 8 = 125Hz 10 = 100Hz
Note: tick_divider
command-line argument may not work properly on x86_64 architecture.
This
issue will be addressed in a future update of Enterprise Linux 5
Kernel boot line parameter mpath
enables anaconda to detect, create, and install to dm-multipath
devices.
SAN disk device (Fibre Channel or iSCSI) is now supported
as boot devices.
Support added for nfsroot
in
this release.
Installation / Boot for iSCSI software initiator (open-iscsi)
supported in this release.
Added function calls to set maximum read request size for
PCIX and PCI-Express for PCI drivers
Added support for SB600 SMBus
Support added for I/OAT-enabled chipsets in e1000 driver.
Support added for 5709 hardware in bnx2 driver.
Added forcedeth-0.60 driver.
Support added for NetXen 10GbE network cards in netxen_nic
driver.
Added support for Chelsio 10G Ethernet Network Controller.
Added support for PCI error recovery to the s2io device.
Broadcomm wireless ethernet driver now supports PCI ID for
nx6325 card.
fixed a bug that caused an ASSERTION FAILED error when
attempting to start a BCM4306 via ifup.
Added EEH PCI error recovery support
for the Intel 10-gigabit ethernet card in ixgb driver .
qla3xxx driver is enabled and updated to
provide networking support for QLogic iSCSI adapters without using
iSCSI.
IPMI driver updated to be in sync with upstream version
2.6.21.3.
Added PCI IDs for aic79xx driver.
Added support for PRIMERGY
RX800S2 and RX800S3 in aacraid driver.
Emulex lpfc driver updated to version 8.1.10.9.
Updated qla4xxx driver.
Added support for Areca RAID
controllers in arcmsr driver.
3w-9xxx module now support 3ware 9650SE.
The CIFS client has been updated to version 1.48aRH.
Added support for MODULE_FIRMWARE tags.
Added support for ICH9 controllers.
Add support for Greyhound processors in CPUID calls.
Support added in Oprofile for new Greyhound performance counter
events.
The Intel graphics chipset is now supported through the DRM
kernel module.
ACPI power management have improved S3
suspend-to-RAM and S4 hibernate.
Support added for implicit active-active failover using
dm-multipath on EMC
Clariion storage.
Technology Preview
Features
Following
Technology Preview features are
currently not
supported under Enterprise Linux 5 , may not be
functionally complete.
Stateless Linux
devicescape (d80211)
FS-Cache ( local caching facility for remote file systems)
AIGLX
iSCSI Target
FireWire
Systemtap
These features
are not
suitable for production use. However, these features are included
to provide the feature with wider exposure.
Unbreakable Linux Support
Enterprise Linux
offers an option to keep your operating system upto
date with latest operating system patches using up2date. To be able
to use this option
you need to have Unbreakable Linux Support. For more
information please visit http://linux.oracle.com
Note: Prior to using
up2date, import the RPM-GPG-KEY for Enterprise Linux: