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(2011/07/21 16:11), Rainer Traut wrote:
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<pre wrap="">hi fyi,
it seems redhat has just pushed RHEL 5.7 out.
I see amoung others:
kernel-2.6.18-274.el5.x86_64.rpm
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FYI, <br>
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With the kernel update, RHEL 5.7 will support more drivers:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Release_Notes/device-drivers.html">http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Release_Notes/device-drivers.html</a><br>
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4. Device Drivers<br>
4.1. Storage Drivers<br>
<br>
The bnx2i driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI has been
updated to version 2.6.2.3.<br>
The mpt2sas driver that supports the SAS-2 family of adapters
from LSI has been updated to version 08.101.00.00. Most notably,
this update provides support for WarpDrive SSS-6200 devices.<br>
The megaraid driver is updated to version 5.34.<br>
The arcmsr driver for Areca RAID controllers is updated.<br>
The bfa driver for Brocade Fibre Channel to PCIe Host Bus
Adapters is updated to the current scsi-misc version.<br>
The be2iscsi driver for ServerEngines BladeEngine 2 Open iSCSI
devices is updated.<br>
The qla2xxx driver for QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs is updated to
version 8.03.07.00.05.07. Additionally, the qla24xx and 25xx
firmware is updated to 5.03.16.<br>
The lpfc driver for Emulex Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters is
updated to version 8.2.0.96 driver.<br>
The IBM Virtual Ethernet (ibmveth) driver is updated, adding
support for the optional flush of the rx buffer, scatter-gather,
rx_copybreak, and tx_copybreak support, and enhanced power virtual
ethernet performance.<br>
The ibmvfc driver is updated to version 1.0.9.<br>
The mptfusion driver is updated to version to 3.04.18rh.<br>
The cciss driver for HP Smart Array controllers has been
updated, adding kdump support and performance mode support on the
controller. <br>
<br>
4.2. Network Drivers<br>
<br>
The cxgb4 driver for Chelsio Terminator4 10G Unified Wire
Network Controllers is updated.<br>
The cxgb3 driver for the Chelsio T3 Family of network devices is
updated.<br>
The e1000 driver for Intel PRO/1000 network devices has been
updated, adding support for the Marvell Alaska M88E1118R PHY and
CE4100 reference platform.<br>
The enic driver for Cisco 10G Ethernet devices has been updated
to version 2.1.1.9.<br>
The myri10ge driver for Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet devices has
been updated to version 1.5.2.<br>
The igb driver for Intel Gigabit Ethernet Adapters is updated.<br>
The tg3 driver for Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet devices is updated
to version 3.116, adding support for EEE.<br>
The bna driver for Brocade 10Gb Ethernet devices is updated to
version 2.3.2.3.<br>
The qlcnic driver is updated to 5.0.13, adding support for large
receive offload (LRO) and generic receive offload (GRO).<br>
The netxen driver for NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Network
devices is updated to version 4.0.75, adding support for GbE port
settings.<br>
The be2net driver for ServerEngines BladeEngine2 10Gbps network
devices is updated, adding support for multicast filter on the
Lancer family of CNAs and enabling IPv6 TSO support.<br>
The ixgbe driver for Intel 10 Gigabit PCI Express network
devices is updated to version 3.2.9-k2, adding support for FCoE and
kcq2 support on the 57712 device.<br>
The iwl6000-firmware is updated to version 9.221.4.1.<br>
The iwl5150-firmware package is now available on the
Supplementary CD.<br>
The 1000e driver is updated to version 1.3.10.<br>
The ixgbevf driver is updated to version 2.0.0-k2.<br>
The igbvf driver is updated.<br>
The bnx2x driver is updated to version 1.62.00-6, adding DCB/PFC
and FCoE ring support, 57712 device support, and adding BCM84823 to
the supported PHYs. Additionally, the bnx2x firmware is updated to
version 6.2.5.0.<br>
The bnx2 driver is updated to version 2.0.18+.<br>
The atl1e driver for Atheros GbE NICs driver is now available in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7.<br>
The iw_cxgb4 driver is now available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.7.<br>
The iw_cxgb3 driver is updated. <br>
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4.3. Graphics Drivers<br>
<br>
The vesa driver is updated, to allow the native screen
resolution (1360x768) to be set on Dell M4500 machines.<br>
The ati driver is updated, enabling DisplayPort interfaces on
RV635/RV730 cards.<br>
The mga driver is updated, providing support for G200eH/eR
devices. <br>
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