-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2007-2155 2007-09-25 08:28:40 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : kernel-xen-2.6 Product : Fedora 7 Version : 2.6.20 Release : 2934.fc7 URL : [] Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) Description : The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
Bugfixes: - Disable CONFIG_HIGHPTE. It is not reliable and causes performance loss under Xen. Fixes crashes reported on bug #252301 - Xenoprof: fix DOMAIN_SWITCH_CODE value according to oprofile 0.9.3
Enhancements: - Provides: xen-hypervisor-abi = 3.1 (bug #269581) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:
* Wed Sep 12 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Disable CONFIG_HIGHPTE. It is not reliable and causes performance loss under Xen * Thu Aug 30 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Provides: xen-hypervisor-abi = 3.1 (bug #269581) * Tue Aug 14 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Xenoprof: fix DOMAIN_SWITCH_CODE value according to oprofile 0.9.3 (Markus Armbruster) * Fri Aug 10 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Add af_packet.c checksum patches from Herbert Xu, to avoid problems with DHCP server and clients running on the same Xen host * Thu Aug 9 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Add linux-2.6-xen-backwards-time.patch from linux-2.6.18-xen.hg changeset 87bb8705768a. This should fix bug #236307 * Wed Aug 8 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Update xen patch to 3.1.0 * Mon Jul 16 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Make xenblk wait to the disk to be added (bug #248462) - Rebase to 2.6.20.14 * Wed Jul 11 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Remove #ifdef CONFIG_PM from acpi poweroff code (fix bug #241381) * Mon Jun 11 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Added fix to bug #243756: linux-2.6-xen-fix-nosegneg-detection.patch * Thu May 24 2007 Eduardo Habkost ehabkost@redhat.com - Disabled CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING, as the xen code doesn't support it. See bug #239601 - HV: allow HVM virtual PICs to have their interrupt vector reprogrammed (part of fix for rawhide FV booting on rawhide Xen) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #252301 - kernel-xen 2.6.21-2925.15.fc8 regressions https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=252301 [ 2 ] Bug #269581 - Need provides: xen-hypervisor-abi = 3.1 in kernel-xen RPMs https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=269581 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated packages:
2d0dc59045563fa2c25fc6a2733dd37aca55acf3 kernel-xen-2.6-doc-2.6.20-2934.fc7.noarch.rpm 52840f22121ff03b523e4cf9034ec82f251162a9 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.20-2934.fc7.i686.rpm 9cf0d06d7d697bc553492e42ffff91645a9627fe kernel-xen-2.6.20-2934.fc7.i686.rpm 7a2f43312e74fc59b505239ab4c6fd27291a6940 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.20-2934.fc7.x86_64.rpm 57125f86b1d8d1c0ad483611425bae40bf32b5c8 kernel-xen-2.6.20-2934.fc7.x86_64.rpm ad55aa65c9a1a15aa727821531319c50a55cca94 kernel-xen-2.6-2.6.20-2934.fc7.src.rpm
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update kernel-xen-2.6' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------