Am 06.05.2015 um 09:33 schrieb Jatin Davey <jashokda at cisco.com>: > My guest is a CentOS 5.4 VM: Best practice: update to the latest OS version: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5.11 (Final) > [root at localhost ~]# uname -a > Linux localhost 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > [root at localhost ~]# cat /etc/*release > CentOS release 5.4 (Final) > > I wanted to know if the virtio drivers on this guest are stable. Latest kernel package is stable: # rpm -q kernel kernel-2.6.18-404.el5 > The reason for asking this question is that i found this link: > > http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Virtio > > which states that in order to use the virtio drivers i need to be using the kernel >=2.6.25 , > but i am using the kernel version 2.6.18 in my guest VM. I am actually able to use the virtio > drivers in my VM even with this kernel version and hence i wanted to know if they are stable to be used. > > Did red hat backport these drivers to CentOS 5.4 ? If yes , Can you please point me to any bug to > track this backport activity or any announcement of this backport task ? I need that to show to my > team so that we can release note this information as part of releasing our product. > > Appreciate your help in this regard. # rpm -q kernel --changelog | grep -i virtio | grep -i backp - [virtio] console: Backport driver for RHEL 5.6 (Amit Shah) [620037] -- LF