June 25, 2007
Scientific Linux Release 4.4 on i386 has been officially released.
Many thanks to all those who have tested, contributed, and helped with this
release. It took a little longer than we expected because of the changes in
the installer. But we feel that it is stable and ready for the world.
-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson
I have included the Upstream Vendor Update 5 release notes as a attachment.
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Scientific Linux Release 4.5 on i386 June 25, 2007
Items marked with a "*" indicate changes since 4.4 .
It should be possible to upgrade from Scientific Linux 3.0.x via the anaconda
installer. Yum is known to NOT work.
*This includes Update 5
See SL.documentation for the vendor release notes.
See comments/issues/test reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Table of contents
DOWNLOAD INFO
ADDED compared to Enterprise 4
UPDATED compared to Enterprise 4
Installer/legal modifications
ADDED by Upstream Vendor
TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW by Upstream Vendor
/contrib
SRPMS
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
LIMITATIONS
INFO
ERRATA
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DOWNLOAD INFO
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http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/45/i386
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/45/i386
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/45/iso/i386
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/45/iso/i386
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apt
apt-0.5.15cnc6-9.SL.i386.rpm
apt-devel-0.5.15cnc6-9.SL.i386.rpm
* apt-sourceslist-45-1.SL.i386.rpm
apt-autoupdate-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
apt-firstboot-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
apt-scripts-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
cfitsio
CFITSIO is a library of C and FORTRAN subroutines for reading and
writing data files in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format
CFITSIO is widely used in the astronomical community.
cfitsio-3.006-3.i386.rpm
cfitsio-devel-3.006-3.i386.rpm
Cluster Suite & GFS
A bug fix required a minor change to the cman/sm message formats
between SL 4.1 and SL 4.2 that make the two versions incompatible, so
all
nodes need to be running the SL 4.2 version.
In other words:
If you have to upgrade from SL 4.0 and 4.1, you have to updated your
whole cluster at once.
* ccs-1.0.10-0.i686.rpm
* ccs-devel-1.0.10-0.i686.rpm
* cluster-cim-0.9.1-8.i386.rpm
* cluster-snmp-0.9.1-8.i386.rpm
* cman-1.0.17-0.i686.rpm
* cman-devel-1.0.17-0.i686.rpm
* cman-kernel-2.6.9-50.2.i686.rpm
* cman-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-50.2.i686.rpm
* cman-kernel-smp-2.6.9-50.2.i686.rpm
* cman-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-50.2.i686.rpm
* cman-kernheaders-2.6.9-50.2.i686.rpm
* dlm-1.0.3-1.i686.rpm
* dlm-devel-1.0.3-1.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernel-2.6.9-46.16.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-46.16.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernel-smp-2.6.9-46.16.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-46.16.i686.rpm
* dlm-kernheaders-2.6.9-46.16.i686.rpm
* fence-1.32.45-1.0.1.i686.rpm
* gulm-1.0.10-0.i686.rpm
* gulm-devel-1.0.10-0.i686.rpm
* iddev-2.0.0-4.i686.rpm
* iddev-devel-2.0.0-4.i686.rpm
* luci-0.9.1-8.el4.i386.rpm
* magma-1.0.7-1.i686.rpm
* magma-devel-1.0.7-1.i686.rpm
* magma-plugins-1.0.12-0.i386.rpm
* modcluster-0.9.1-8.i386.rpm
perl-Net-Telnet-3.03-3.noarch.rpm
piranha-0.8.2-1.i386.rpm
* rgmanager-1.9.68-1.i386.rpm
* ricci-0.9.1-8.el4.i386.rpm
* system-config-cluster-1.0.45-1.0.noarch.rpm
* cmirror-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm
* cmirror-kernel-2.6.9-32.0.i686.rpm
* cmirror-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-32.0.i686.rpm
* cmirror-kernel-smp-2.6.9-32.0.i686.rpm
* cmirror-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-32.0.i686.rpm
* GFS-6.1.14-0.i386.rpm
* GFS-kernel-2.6.9-72.2.i686.rpm
* GFS-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-72.2.i686.rpm
* GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-72.2.i686.rpm
* GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-72.2.i686.rpm
* GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-72.2.i686.rpm
* gnbd-1.0.9-1.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernel-2.6.9-10.20.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-10.20.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernel-smp-2.6.9-10.20.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-10.20.i686.rpm
* gnbd-kernheaders-2.6.9-10.20.i686.rpm
* lvm2-cluster-2.02.21-7.el4.i386.rpm
dropit
dropit's intended purpose is to remove directories entries from a
PATH shell variable value, which has colon separated fields.
dropit is usable in sh, ksh, and csh shell script files.
dropit-1.2-1.i386.rpm
FUSE
With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
in a userspace program.
fuse-smb: you can seamlessly browse your network neighbourhood as if
it were on your own filesystem. Only when you're accessing a share is
a connection made to the remote computer. This also allows users to
mount smb shares using kerberos.
fuse-sshfs: A FUSE-filesystem client based on the
SSH File Transfer Protocol. On the client side mounting the
filesystem is as easy as logging into the server with ssh.
fuse-2.5.3-1.SL.i386.rpm
fuse-devel-2.5.3-1.SL.i386.rpm
fuse-libs-2.5.3-1.SL.i386.rpm
fuse-smb-0.8.5-1.i386.rpm
fuse-sshfs-1.6-2.SL.i386.rpm
* kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-55.EL-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-55.ELhugemem-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-55.ELsmp-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-55.ELxenU-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
icewm
A lightweight window manager for the X Window System.
icewm-1.2.20-2.i386.rpm
icewm-l10n-1.2.20-2.i386.rpm
Intel wireless firmware
Firmware for the Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 and 2200 Driver.
Please read the license that comes in the rpm carefully.
ipw2200-firmware-2.4 includes both version 2.4.xx and 2.2.xx
This is needed because newer kernels have a newer driver that
needs the newer firmware. Older kernels, with older drivers,
need the 2.2 firmware version.
ipw2100-firmware-1.3-5.noarch.rpm
ipw2200-firmware-2.4-14.noarch.rpm
ipw3945d is needed to control the ipw3945 wireless card
kernel-module-ipw3945 is needed because this driver is not in
the standard kernel. Note that the installer does NOT know
how to enable the 3945 wireless. You will have to add the
starting of the /sbin/ipw3945d in your startup scripts.
This driver is known to work on the Dell 820 and Dell 620.
It is known to NOT work on the FJS S7110 (Fujitsu).
ipw3945-firmware-1.13-2.noarch.rpm
ipw3945d-1.7.18-1.i386.rpm
* kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-55.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-55.ELhugemem-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-55.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-55.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
JAVA
* java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.12-1jpp.i586.rpm
This package provides JPackage compatibility symlinks and
directories for Sun's JDK rpm.
* j2sdk-1.4.2_12-fcs.i586.rpm
This packages is the java sdk from sun.
It's license is found at misc/licenses/j2sdk-1.4.2-x.license
To have all of it's links (including plugins) setup correctly you should
also install java-1.4.2-sun-compat
So the easiest thing to do is
yum install java-1.4.2-sun-compat
as it will automatically pull in the current j2sdk-1.4.2 rpm.
There is no gpg signature on this rpm. Putting one would violate
the user license. It also does not load if one is put on.
ksh
From ATT. Same version as one in SL30x.
ksh93-2000.10.31.0-1.i386.rpm
madwifi
Support for Atheros G wireless
madfifi is the Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi, a linux device driver
for 802.11a/b/g universal NIC cards - either Cardbus, PCI or MiniPCI -
that use Atheros chipsets (ar5210, ar5211, ar5212).
* madwifi-0.9.3.1-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-55.ELhugemem-0.9.3.1-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-55.ELsmp-0.9.3.1-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-55.EL-0.9.3.1-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-55.EL-0.9.3.1-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-55.ELhugemem-0.9.3.1-10.sl4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-55.ELsmp-0.9.3.1-10.sl4.i686.rpm
multimedia
Updated to latest version
gstreamer-plugins-mp3-0.8.5-1.SL4x.i386.rpm from livna Repository
k3b-mp3-0.11.24-2.SL4x.i386.rpm from livna Repository
mpg321-0.2.10-5.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
xmms-mp3-1.2.10-11.1.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
These are dependencies of the above rpms.
lame-3.96.1-4.SL4x.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
lame-devel-3.96.1-4.SL4x.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
libid3tag-0.15.1b-3.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
libid3tag-devel-0.15.1b-3.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
libmad-0.15.1b-3.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
libmad-devel-0.15.1b-3.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
ndiswrapper
The ndiswrapper project makes it possible to use WLAN-Hardware
with Linux by means of a loadable kernel module that "wraps
around" NDIS (Windows network driver API) drivers. These rpms contain
just the kernel module and loader. You will also need the Windows driver
for your card.
The installer does NOT install ndiswrapper, you have to install it by
either selecting it on the Packages Install page during the install or
adding later via yum or apt.
WARNING: Scientific Linux-Kernels use 4K size stack. Many Windows drivers
will need at least 8K size stacks. For details read the wiki on:
http:/ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net
ndiswrapper-1.5-0.SL.3.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-55.EL-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-55.ELhugemem-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-55.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-55.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
NumPy
http://numpy.scipy.org//
NumPy derives from the old Numeric code base and can be used as a
replacement for Numeric. It also adds the features introduced by
Numarray and can also be used to replace Numarray.
This package contains:
- a powerful N-dimensional array object
- sophisticated (broadcasting) functions
- basic linear algebra functions
- basic Fourier transforms
- sophisticated random number capabilities
- tools for integrating Fortran code.
numpy-1.0.2-1.i386.rpm
OpenAFS
* We have put in the new stable branch of openafs, version 1.4.4
new optional packages openafs-authlibs and openafs-authlibs-devel
with shared versions of the afsauthent and afsrpc libraries
(using a patch from Russ Allbery to correct the sonames)
man pages for many commands are now included, preferring those
prepared by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell where available
* Upgrade to newer version
* openafs-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-authlibs-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-authlibs-devel-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-client-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-compat-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-debug-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-devel-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-kernel-source-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-kpasswd-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-krb5-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
* openafs-server-1.4.4-46.SL4.i386.rpm
openafs-firstboot-1.2.11-5.SL.noarch.rpm
* kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-55.EL-1.4.4-46.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-55.ELhugemem-1.4.4-46.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-55.ELsmp-1.4.4-46.SL4.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-55.ELxenU-1.4.4-46.SL4.i686.rpm
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP)
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is a framework and services to
support system-level performance monitoring and performance
management. Not installed by default.
pcp-2.4.0-1.1.i386.rpm
These perl modules have been added as they are useful. They came from CERN
perl-BSD-Resource-1.24-1.i386.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-1.16-12.i386.rpm
perl-MailTools-1.62-1.noarch.rpm
perl-Parse-RecDescent-1.94-1.noarch.rpm
perl-Proc-ProcessTable-0.39-1.i386.rpm
perl-SQL-Statement-1.06-1.noarch.rpm
perl-TermReadKey-2.20-12.i386.rpm
perl-Text-CSV_XS-0.23-1.i386.rpm
perl-Text-Template-1.44-1.noarch.rpm
perl-TimeDate-2.22-1.noarch.rpm
perl-Tk-804.027-1.i386.rpm
R
http://www.r-project.org/
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment
which was developed at Bell Laboratories by John Chambers and
colleagues.
R can be considered as a different implementation of S. There are some
important differences, but much code written for S runs unaltered under
R.
* R-2.5.0-1.sl41.i386.rpm
* R-devel-2.5.0-1.sl41.i386.rpm
* libRmath-2.5.0-1.sl41.i386.rpm
* libRmath-devel-2.5.0-1.sl41.i386.rpm
r1000
This is the Linux device driver released for RealTek Ethernet controllers,
which are listed as following.
1. RTL8169S/SB/SC (Gigabit Ethernet with PCI interface)
2. RTL8168B (Gigabit Ethernet with PCI-Express interface)
3. RTL8101E (Fast Ethernet with PCI-Express interface)
These are not installed by the installer. You must install them either by
selecting them during the install or later with yum or apt.
r1000-2.2-1.SL4x.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-55.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-55.ELhugemem-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-55.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
* kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-55.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
SL_afs_no_dynroot-2.0-1.noarch.rpm
This package removes the -dynroot option from the openafs config
Restarting of afs is needed for this to take effect.
This rpm does not restart afs
SL_desktop_tweaks-2.0-4.noarch.rpm
This adds a terminal icon to the kicker panel for both KDE and GNOME.
This also enables 'Last Session' in gdm login screen.
Installed by default for both KDE and GNOME.
SL_disable_print_notification-1.0-4.noarch.rpm
Removes eggcups notification. Not installed by default.
SL_enable_serialconsole-3.1-4.noarch.rpm
This script makes all the changes necessary to send
console output to both the serial port and the screen. This
also creates a login prompt on the serial port and allows users
to login at this prompt.
Update to include a missing dependency.
SL_enable_slocate_cron-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
By default slocate does not run daily, it is turned off in it's
config file. This turns it on when the rpm is added, and
turns it back off when the rpm is removed.
SL_firefox_parentlock_fix-1.0-10.noarch.rpm
When a users home area is in AFS space, it is possible for
firefox, thunderbird, and/or seamonkey to leave a lock file called
.parentlock when they are closed. The user is then not able to
restart firefox, thunderbird, and/or seamonkey until that lock file
is removed. This puts in a startup script that removes the .parentlock
lock file.
SL_inittab_change-1.0-6.noarch.rpm
Changes /etc/inittab to require the root password for
single user mode. Not installed by default.
SL_libg2c.a_change-3.4.3-1.noarch.rpm
Creates a missing symbolic link in the gcc-g77 package from
/usr/lib/libg2c.a to it's proper place
Installed with gcc-g77.
SL_no_colorls-1.0-2.noarch.rpm
Turns off "color" of ls. Not installed by default.
SL_pc_speaker-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
This package changes the rc.sysinit boot script so that
the pcspkr kernel module is loaded at an early stage.
This will allow the PC speaker to beep again.
SL_rpm_show_arch-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
Adds arch to "rpm -qa" listing.
SL_sendmail_accept-1.1-3.noarch.rpm
Changes Sendmail config so that it allows incomming mail.
Not installed by default.
Changed to not obsolete the older zz_sendmail_accept which is
not needed any more
tidy
When editing HTML it's easy to make mistakes. Wouldn't it be nice if
there was a simple way to fix these mistakes automatically and tidy up
sloppy editing into nicely formated markup?
Dave Raggett's HTML TIDY is a free utility for doing just that.
It also works great on the atrociously hard to read markup generated
by specialized HTML editors and conversion tools, and can help you
identify where you need to pay further attention on making your i
pages more accessible to people with disabilities.
tidy-2005.9.1-1.i386.rpm
yum
NOTE: That just because a yum repository exists does NOT mean
it is SL 4.4 compatible with all other SL 4.4 yum repositories.
Use of other "packages" such as "smart" may cause the rpm database
to be not compatible with yum.
createrepo is used to create yum repositories on the server for
yum 2.1 and above, and possibly future versions of apt.
yum-conf has the check for a running yum in it, so that if
yum has been running for a long time, when the yum.cron
starts up, it will kill the old yum. This was changed because we
had reports that yum was "hanging".
yum-conf-4.1-4.SL has atrpms, dag, and dries repo's in it, but they
are not enabled by default. To enable them for one time use, use the
--enablerepo command, such as
yum --enablerepo=atrpms list madwifi
yum --enablerepo=dag install mplayer
If you want the repositories to be enabled all the time then you need
to edit the config files and change enabled=0 to enabled=1.
The config files are
/etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/dag.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/dries.repo
Yum version 2.4 and above has the kernel-module plugin that let's yum
understand how kernel-module rpm's are related to kernels. Because of
this updates dealing with kernel-module rpm's (such as afs) now work
python-elementtree, python-sqlite, sqlite, and urlgrabber are all
needed for yum 2.4 and above.
New for yum-conf-4.3: a sl-testing area (not on by default)
and yum.cron now checks to see how long the machine is been up
If it is up less than 20 hours, it doesn't wait, but does the update
This uptime check was done to help laptops and other machines that
might not be on long enough to wait for the random time.
metadata_expire variable was set to 20 hours to allow for normal users
to be able to use yum for those commands they can run
There is a fastbug repo area to correspond to the vendors fasttrack
This is not on by default.
yum-conf-4x was created for those users who want to be at the latest
stable release. It is always pointing at the 4x area. This means
that when we make new versions you will automatically be upgraded to
them.
yum-2.4.3-1.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-conf-45-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-conf-4x-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
createrepo-0.4.4-1.noarch.rpm
python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm
python-sqlite-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm
sqlite-3.1.2-3.i386.rpm
sqlite-devel-3.1.2-3.i386.rpm
urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm
Yumex is a graphical user interface for yum.
Yumex-applet replaces rhn-applet, and users yumex instead of up2date
Yumex 0.43 and above support plugins
yumex-1.0.2-1.0.noarch.rpm
yumex-applet-2.1-2.i386.rpm
yum-utils is a collection of utilities and examples for the yum
package manager. It includes utilities by different authors that
make yum easier and more powerful to use. Some utilities are
plugin's.
* yum-utils-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-changelog-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-downloadonly-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-fastestmirror-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-installonlyn-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-protectbase-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-tsflags-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-updateonboot-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
* yum-versionlock-0.6-1.SL.noarch.rpm
MISC
Added these rpms because they are important but upstream vendor did
not include them.
gv-3.5.8-29.i386.rpm from Fedora Core 3
jpilot-0.99.7-2.i386.rpm from Fedora Core 3
ncurses4-5.0-12.i386.rpm from Scientific Linux 3.0.x
pine-4.64-1.SL.i386.rpm from Dag's Repository
readline41-4.1-17.i386.rpm from Scientific Linux 3.0.x
Documentation
rhd-dg-en-4-2.SL1.noarch.rpmi Desktop Deployment Guide
rhel-ig-x8664-multi-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm Installation Guide
rhel-isa-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm Intro System Admin Guide
rhel-rg-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm Reference Guide
rhel-sag-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm System Administrator Guide
rhel-sbs-en-4-1.SL1.noarch.rpm Step-by-Step Guide
rhel-selg-en-4-1.SL1.noarch.rpm SElinux Guide
rhel-sg-en-4-3.SL1.noarch.rpm Security Guide
rh-glossary-en-2-1.SL1.noarch.rpm Glossary
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anaconda
* Added support for sites
Added support for openafs on smp
* Added support for openafs on xen
Updated icons
* Updated to Update 5
* anaconda-10.1.1.63-8SL.i386.rpm
anaconda-help-10.0.5-1SL1.noarch.rpm
* anaconda-runtime-10.1.1.63-8SL.i386.rpm
Vendor "logo" and other required changes
There are minimal changes compared to the "vendor" release. We have changed
the "rpms" that are required to be changed. These changes are defined
by the "vendor".
sl-release has been determined to be the place to change several
global properties. This is how fedora does it.
sl-release changes the default mozilla and firefox bookmarks.
sl-release changes the default up2date configuration to use yum and
points this configuration to ftp.scientificlinux.org
Fixes /etc/redhat-release containing "Release" vs "release"
Includes SL.releasenote
Changes grub to put in the new release name for the default kernel
indexhtml-4.1-1.SL.1.noarch.rpm
redhat-artwork-0.120.1-1.2SL.2.i386.rpm
redhat-logos-1.1.25-1.SL.8.noarch.rpm
* sl-release-4.5-1.noarch.rpm
These rpm's are not required to be changed by the vendor, we removed
some vendor references customizations
desktop-backgrounds-basic-2.0-26.2.3SL.noarch.rpm
desktop-backgrounds-extra-2.0-26.2.3SL.noarch.rpm
*comps-45-0.20070621.i386.rpm
*
* RPM which contains the comps.xml file used during the install.
* Needed by Rocks.
glade2-2.6.0-1.SL4.i386.rpm
glade2 has an bug so that all you got was a blank window when it
started.
This was an infinate loop bug, which was fixed.
*Apache
* Changed index.html to not have Upstream Vendor info but to
* have SL info.
*
* httpd-2.0.52-32.sl4.i386.rpm
* httpd-devel-2.0.52-32.sl4.i386.rpm
* httpd-manual-2.0.52-32.sl4.i386.rpm
* httpd-suexec-2.0.52-32.sl4.i386.rpm
* mod_ssl-2.0.52-32.sl4.i386.rpm
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ADDED BY UPSTREAM VENDOR
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*Added as part of Update 5
* dapl-1.2.1-7.i386.rpm
* dapl-devel-1.2.1-7.i386.rpm
* ibutils-1.0-4.i386.rpm
* dmraid-1.0.0.rc14-5_RHEL4_U5.i386.rpm
* dmraid-devel-1.0.0.rc14-5_RHEL4_U5.i386.rpm
* ibutils-devel-1.0-4.i386.rpm
* ibutils-libs-1.0-4.i386.rpm
* kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.EL.i686.rpm
* kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.EL.i686.rpm
* lam-7.1.2-8.i386.rpm
* lam-devel-7.1.2-8.i386.rpm
* lam-libs-7.1.2-8.i386.rpm
* libacl-devel-2.2.23-5.3.el4.i386.rpm
* libibcm-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
* libibcm-devel-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
* libibcommon-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
* libibcommon-devel-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
* libibmad-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
* libibmad-devel-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
* libibumad-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
* libibumad-devel-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
* libibverbs-1.0.4-7.i386.rpm
* libibverbs-devel-1.0.4-7.i386.rpm
* libibverbs-utils-1.0.4-7.i386.rpm
* libmthca-1.0.3.1-7.i386.rpm
* libmthca-devel-1.0.3.1-7.i386.rpm
* librdmacm-devel-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
* librdmacm-utils-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
* libsdp-1.1.0-7.i386.rpm
* numactl-0.6.4-1.39.i386.rpm
* openib-1.1-7.i386.rpm
* openib-mstflint-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
* openib-perftest-1.0.1-7.i386.rpm
* openib-srptools-0.0.5-7.i386.rpm
* openib-tvflash-0.9.1-7.i386.rpm
* openmpi-1.1.1-8.i386.rpm
* openmpi-devel-1.1.1-8.i386.rpm
* openmpi-libs-1.1.1-8.i386.rpm
* opensm-2.0.0-7.i386.rpm
* opensm-devel-2.0.0-7.i386.rpm
* opensm-libs-2.0.0-7.i386.rpm
* pam_ccreds-3-3.rhel4.2.i386.rpm
* setools-devel-2.3-4.i386.rpm
* sg3_utils-devel-1.22-3.1.i386.rpm
* sg3_utils-libs-1.22-3.1.i386.rpm
* sysfsutils-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm
* systemtap-runtime-0.5.12-1.i386.rpm
* wpa_supplicant-0.4.9-1.1.el4.i386.rpm
Added as part of Update 4
dapl-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm
dapl-devel-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm
dmraid-devel-1.0.0.rc11-3_RHEL4_U4.i386.rpm
ibmasm-3.0-7.i386.rpm
kernel-ib-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libgomp-4.1.0-18.EL4.i386.rpm
libgssapi-0.8-1.i386.rpm
libgssapi-devel-0.8-1.i386.rpm
libibcm-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm
libibcommon-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibcommon-devel-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibmad-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibmad-devel-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibumad-1.0-1.i386.rpm
libibumad-devel-1.0-1.i386.rpm
librdmacm-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm
mstflint-1.0-1.i386.rpm
nfs-utils-lib-1.0.6-3.i386.rpm
nfs-utils-lib-devel-1.0.6-3.i386.rpm
oddjob-0.26-1.1.i386.rpm
oddjob-devel-0.26-1.1.i386.rpm
oddjob-libs-0.26-1.1.i386.rpm
openib-diags-1.0-1.i386.rpm
perftest-1.0-1.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-base-1.5.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-base-devel-1.5.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-base-test-1.5.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-devel-1.0.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-fsvol-1.4.3-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-fsvol-devel-1.4.3-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-fsvol-test-1.4.3-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-network-1.3.7-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-network-devel-1.3.7-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-network-test-1.3.7-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-nfsv3-1.0.13-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-nfsv3-test-1.0.13-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-nfsv4-1.0.11-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-nfsv4-test-1.0.11-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-params-1.2.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-params-test-1.2.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-sysfs-1.1.8-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-sysfs-test-1.1.8-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-syslog-0.7.9-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-cmpi-syslog-test-0.7.9-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-gather-2.1.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-gather-devel-2.1.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-gather-provider-2.1.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-gather-test-2.1.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-testsuite-1.2.4-12.EL4.i386.rpm
sblim-wbemcli-1.5.1-12.EL4.i386.rpm
srptools-0.0.4-1.i386.rpm
tog-pegasus-test-2.5.1-2.EL4.i386.rpm
tvflash-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm
Added as part of Update 3
frysk-0.0.1.2006.02.19.rh1-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm
keyutils-1.0-2.i386.rpm
keyutils-devel-1.0-2.i386.rpm
keyutils-libs-1.0-2.i386.rpm
libibverbs-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libibverbs-devel-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libibverbs-utils-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libmthca-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libmthca-devel-1.0.rc4-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
libsdp-0.90-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
opensm-1.0-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
opensm-devel-1.0-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
opensm-libs-1.0-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
rarpd-ss981107-18.40.2.i386.rpm
udapl-1.2-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
udapl-devel-1.2-0.4265.2.EL4.i386.rpm
Added as part of Update 2
audit-libs-1.0.3-6.EL4.i386.rpm
audit-libs-devel-1.0.3-6.EL4.i386.rpm
amtu-1.0.2-2.EL4.i386.rpm
convmv-1.08-3.EL.noarch.rpm
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-6.0.RHEL4.i386.rpm
gamin-python-0.1.1-3.EL4.i386.rpm
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-2.i386.rpm
keyutils-0.3-1.i386.rpm
keyutils-devel-0.3-1.i386.rpm
lksctp-tools-1.0.2-6.4E.1.i386.rpm
lksctp-tools-devel-1.0.2-6.4E.1.i386.rpm
lksctp-tools-doc-1.0.2-6.4E.1.i386.rpm
OpenIPMI-1.4.14-1.4E.7.i386.rpm
OpenIPMI-devel-1.4.14-1.4E.7.i386.rpm
OpenIPMI-libs-1.4.14-1.4E.7.i386.rpm
OpenIPMI-tools-1.4.14-1.4E.7.i386.rpm
systemtap-0.4-0.EL4.i386.rpm
tog-pegasus-2.4.1-4.4.rhel4.i386.rpm
tog-pegasus-devel-2.4.1-4.4.rhel4.i386.rpm
gcc4-java-4.0.1-4.EL4.2.i386.rpm
libgcj4-4.0.1-4.EL4.2.i386.rpm
libgcj4-devel-4.0.1-4.EL4.2.i386.rpm
libgcj4-src-4.0.1-4.EL4.2.i386.rpm
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TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW by vendor
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** openoffice.org2-base-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-calc-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-core-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-draw-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-emailmerge-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-graphicfilter-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-impress-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-javafilter-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-af_ZA-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-ar-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-bg_BG-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-bn-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-ca_ES-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-cs_CZ-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-cy_GB-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-da_DK-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-de-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-el_GR-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-es-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-et_EE-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-eu_ES-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-fi_FI-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-fr-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-ga_IE-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-gl_ES-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-gu_IN-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-he_IL-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-hi_IN-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-hr_HR-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-hu_HU-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-it-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-ja_JP-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-ko_KR-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-lt_LT-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-ms_MY-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-nb_NO-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-nl-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-nn_NO-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-pa_IN-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-pl_PL-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-pt_BR-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-pt_PT-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-ru-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-sk_SK-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-sl_SI-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-sr_CS-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-sv-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-ta_IN-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-th_TH-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-tr_TR-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-zh_CN-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-zh_TW-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-langpack-zu_ZA-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-math-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-pyuno-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-testtools-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-writer-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
** openoffice.org2-xsltfilter-2.0.4-5.7.0.1.0.i386.rpm
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/contrib
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RPMS provided by colaboraters that either cannot go in main release or are
intesting before going into main release.
/contrib/RPMS/
/contrib/SRPMS/
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/errata/
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SL/RPMS/
Security errata
fastbugs/RPMS/
Packages rebuilt from the Upstream Vendor Fastrack rpms
These are rpms that are expected to be in the next Update
They have gone through full QA by the Upstream Vendor
bugfix45/RPMS/
Reserved for packages from the next Update.
obsolete/RPMS/
Packages that used to be in the release but have been
updated
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/../SRPMS/
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/
Contains the SRPMS for what we added or changed. Put these in the
top level directory as these are really the ones we changed. All
the others can be obtained from the upstream vendor ftp updates area
/vendor/
/errata
SRPMS from vendor for errata.
/original
SRPMS from vendor for originally released Enterpise 4 .
sites/<sites>/SRPMS
SRPMS for site if there is a site
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LIMITATIONS
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*Virtulization
*
* Scientific Linux 4.5 can *not* be a xen host, only a guest.
*
* Scientific Linux 4.5 and above have a xen kernel. This allows them
* to be installed as a xen paravirtulizaed guest. Follow the Virtual Host's
* instructions for installing a paravirtulizaed guest, to install
* Scientific Linux 4.5 as a xen guest.
*
*Paravirtualizaed guests on Scientific Linux 5.0
*
* This is a limitation of Scientific Linux 5.0, but affects installing
* Scientific Linux 4.5 as a paravirtulized guest. These limitations will
* hopefully be fixed in Scientific Linux 5.1 or 5.2
*
* - 32 bit (i386) paravirtualized guests cannot run on a
* 64 bit (x86_64) host (dom0). It will fail.
* - 64 bit (x86_64) paravirtualized guests cannot run on a
* 32 bit (i386) host (dom0). It will fail.
*
*Fully Virtualizaed guests on Scientific Linux 5.0
*
* This is a limitation of Scientific Linux 5.0, but affects installing
* Scientific Linux 4.5 as a fully virtulized guest.
*
* - 64 bit fully-virtulizaed guests cannot run on a
* 32 bit (i386) host (dom0). It will fail.
system-config-packages add,remove packages
This does NOT work use yum instead.
up2date
up2date is not supported in Scientific Linux.
Please use yum instead.
ipw3945
Does not work in the installer and does not work on some laptops.
3ware 8xxx and 9xxx in same system
Grub can get confused about which "drives" are which if both
of these cards are installed. You can either run grub manually
before rebooting or use "noprobe" during the install and install
only the 3ware driver for the card that you will be booting off of.
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FTP
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/45/
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 Release Notes
Copyright © 2007 Red Hat, Inc. and others. This material may be distributed
only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication
License, v1.0, available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/.
_________________________________________________________________
Introduction
The following topics are covered in this document:
* Installation-Related Notes
* General Information
* Technology Previews
* Kernel Notes
* Changes to Drivers and Hardware Support
Some updates on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 may not appear in this
version of the Release Notes. An updated version of the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4 Update 5 Release Notes may also be available at the following URL:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
Installation-Related Notes
The following section includes information specific to installation of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux and the Anaconda installation program.
Note
In order to upgrade an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 installation to
Update 5, you must use Red Hat Network to update those packages that have
changed.
You may use Anaconda to perform a fresh installation of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4 Update 5 or to perform an upgrade from the latest updated version of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
* If you are copying the contents of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update
5 CD-ROMs (in preparation for a network-based installation, for example)
be sure you copy the CD-ROMs for the operating system only. Do not copy
the Supplementary CD-ROM, or any of the layered product CD-ROMs, as this
will overwrite files necessary for Anaconda's proper operation.
These CD-ROMs must be installed after Red Hat Enterprise Linux has been
installed.
* If you installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 through a serial
console, the login prompt may not appear. To work around this, open
/etc/yaboot.conf and locate the following line:
append="console=tty0 console=ttyS4 rhgb quiet"
Edit this line by switching the order of console=tty0 and console=ttyS4
such that the line now reads as follows:
append="console=ttyS4 console=tty0 rhgb quiet"
General Information
ql2xfailover Support and Multipath
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not include support for ql2xfailover,
as it has not been accepted upstream.
To implement multipathing, use mdadm instead. For more information
about dm-multipath, consult its man page using the command man
multipath.
MCFG on AMD-based Systems
During PCI probing, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 attempts to
use information obtained from MCFG (memory-mapped PCI configuration
space). On AMD-systems, this type of access does not work on some
buses, as the kernel cannot parse the MCFG table.
To work around this, add the parameter pci=conf1 or pci=nommconf on
the kernel boot line in /etc/grub.conf. For example:
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (2.6.9-42.0.2.EL)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb q
uiet pci=conf1
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL.img
Doing this instructs the kernel to use PCI Conf1 access instead of
MCFG-based access.
Rollbacks Using up2date
The up2date options --undo and list-rollbacks are now deprecated.
Currently, the recommended method for performing a rollback is to use
the Multi-state Rollback feature provided by the Provisioning
entitlement on Red Hat Network. For more information about this,
refer to http://www.redhat.com/rhn/rhndetails/provisioning/.
Alternatively, you can also downgrade an RPM manually. To do this,
obtain the old RPM and run the following command:
rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --nosignature --nodigest <filename of old RPM>
Virtualization
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 is now supported as a
paravirtualized guest, but cannot be used as dom0.
At present, paravirtualization for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update
5 has the following issues:
+ The PV-FB (ParaVirtualized FrameBuffer) currently does not support
keymaps other than en-US. As such, other keyboards may not be able
to type certain keystrokes. This issue will be addressed in a
future update of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
+ Paravirtualized domains can only auto-detect relative mouse
movement, and pointer movement is rather erratic. This will be
addressed in a future update of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
+ Only virtualized network and disk devices are supported on
paravirtualized guests. Direct control by guests of PCI, USB,
printer or serial devices is not supported.
Slow Disk Dump
Slow disk dump may be improved using the block_order parameter. This
parameter specifies the I/O block size to be used when writing the
dump. Testing has shown that the default value 2 works well for most
adapters and system configurations.
Note that disk dumps on Megaraid hardware (in certain system
platforms and under certain configurations) may be prohibitively
slow. To address this, increase the value of the block_order
parameter.
Larger block_order values consume more module memory. For more
information about the block_order parameter, refer to
/usr/share/doc/diskdumputils-<version>/README(replace<version>with
the corresponding version of the diskdumputils package installed).
iSeries Access for Linux
The iSeries ODBC Driver for Linux has been replaced by a new product
-- the iSeries Access for Linux. This new product can be downloaded
at the following link:
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/access/linux/
iSeries Access for Linux is the latest offering in the iSeries Access
product line. It offers Linux-based access to iSeries servers.
iSeries Access for Linux allows you to :
+ Access the DB2 UDB (Universal Database) for iSeries using its ODBC
Driver
+ Establish a 5250 session to an iSeries server from a Linux client
+ Access the DB2 UDB via the EDRS (Extended Dynamic Remote SQL)
driver
+ Support 32-bit (i386 and PowerPC) and 64-bit (x86-64 and PowerPC)
platforms
ibmasm
The ibmasm package is used to facilitate communication with the IBM
Advance System Management PCI Adapter, also known as RSA I. If you
are using the RSA II, you need to manually uninstall the ibmasm
package after downloading the corresponding package for RSA II.
Technology Previews
Technology Preview features are currently not supported under Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 subscription services, may not be functionally
complete, and are generally not suitable for production use. However, these
features are included as a customer convenience and to provide the feature
with wider exposure.
Customers may find these features useful in a non-production environment.
Customers are also free to provide feedback and functionality suggestions
for a technology preview feature before it becomes fully supported. Erratas
will be provided for high-severity security issues.
During the development of a technology preview feature, additional
components may become available to the public for testing. It is the
intention of Red Hat to fully support technology preview features in a
future release.
Systemtap
Systemtap provides free software (GPL) infrastructure to simplify the
gathering of information about the running Linux system. This assists
diagnosis of a performance or functional problem. With the help of
systemtap, developers no longer need to go through the tedious and
disruptive instrument, recompile, install, and reboot sequence that
may be otherwise required to collect data.
Frysk GUI
The goal of the frysk project is to create an intelligent,
distributed, always-on system monitoring and debugging tool that
allows developers and system administrators to:
+ monitor running processes and threads (including creation and
destruction events)
+ monitor the use of locking primitives
+ expose deadlocks
+ gather data
+ debug any given process by choosing it from a list or allowing
frysk to open a source code (or other) window on a process that is
crashing or misbehaving
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 the frysk graphical user
interface is a technology preview, whereas the frysk command line
interface is fully supported.
Kernel Notes
This section lists updates related to the kernel.
Generic Kernel Notes
+ CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS has been increased to 64.
+ sata_nv module now supports diskdump.
+ acpiphp driver now supports ACPI-based hotplugs for bridged
adapters.
+ (x86;x86_64) Added paravirtualization guest support
+ CIFS (Common Internet file system) has been upgraded to version
1.45
Platform-Specific Updates
+ Added capabilities for disabling MSI for SHPC (Standard Hot Plug
Controllers) on PXH6700 and PHX6702 systems; these systems will use
the legacy intX mode instead
+ Intel ICH9 chipsets are now supported
+ PowerNow! (with new frequency control) is now supported on the H206
processor
+ Timer skew issue on PowerNow! drivers is now fixed
+ Quad-core processors are now supported
+ RDTSCP (Read Time-Stamp Counter Pair), an instruction that provides
better resolution in reading a processor's time stamp, is now
supported
+ MCE Thresholding is now supported on AMD 0x10 processors
+ PCI-Express is now supported for the SGI Altix platform
+ SHUB2 is now supported
Changes to Drivers and Hardware Support
* Sealevel 8-port serial cards are now supported
* Added a new PWC (Philips Web Cam) driver that supports a wider range of
webcam models
* IBM Advanced Management Module 2 has been added to the USB storage
whitelist for USB devices with multiple LUNs (Logical Unit Numbers)
* EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) is now supported on the AMD
Opteron
* Updated Alsa driver to version 1.0.9
* Added Alsa support for Broadwater platforms
* Updated LMSensors smsc47b397 driver
* Updated ixgb driver to version 1.0.109-k2
* Updated r8169 network driver to version 2.2LK
* Pathscale IB adapter is now supported
* Added qla4xxx driver to support Qlogic iSCSI hardware initiator. Also
added qla3xxx driver to provide LAN connections on the same hardware.
* Updated Infiniband support to OFED 1.1
* Updated e1000 driver to version 7.2.7-k2 to support Intel Pro/1000 PT
adapter, ICH8 LAN, and Intel Dual Port 1Gb Ethernet PCI-Express adapter
* Updated BNX2 driver to version 1.4.43-rh
* Updated Broadcom TG3 driver to version 3.64-rh to support Broadcom
BCM5787M, the Broadcom 5715 PCIExpress adapter and the Broadcom 5704S
chip
* Updated ipr driver to support SAS/SATA
* LSI Logic SAS ZCR is now supported
* sata driver now supports ULi M5289 SATA controller
* Updated cciss driver
* Updated qla2xx driver to support SLIM expansion card on JS21
* Updated MPTSAS driver to version 3.02.73rh
* Updated the LSI MegaRAID driver
* 8139cp networking driver now supports netdump; this enables fully
virtualized Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 guests to run netdump
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