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kernel: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
| Name: | kernel |
Vendor: | |
| Version: | 2.4.21 |
License: | GPLv2 |
| Release: | 20.EL |
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- Summary
- The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
Red Hat Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
Changelog
- * Wed Aug 18 05:00:00 2004 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-20.EL
- change TARGET_CPUS on x86_64 to include all on-line cpus (Jim Paradis)
- * Thu Aug 12 05:00:00 2004 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-19.EL
- fix possible races/overflows in file offset handling (Alexander Viro)
- correct logging of boot progress messages on Power5 (David Howells)
- extend ppc64 EEH support for other types of devices (David Howells)
- fix ibmveth driver to properly shut down and restart (David Howells)
- fix several races and overflows in ppc64 RTAS driver (David Howells)
- backport "acpi=noirq" support to work around Nocona hangs (Don Howard)
- conditionalize pbn_hp_diva to fix serial driver oops (Matthew Galgoci)
- add amd64 GART entry guard mappings for PCI mis-prefetch (Jim Paradis)
- upgrade SATA support again to resolve several problems (Jeff Garzik)
- qualify ia32e IRQ affinity disable with BIOS flag check (Jim Paradis)
- fix eeh_check_failure() on ppc64 to be interrupt safe (David Howells)
- correct ppc64 EEH macros to use appropriate data size (David Howells)
- fix x86/ia64 no-wait handling in smp_call_function() (Larry Woodman)
- fix "Filter target 0x203 not known ..." audit msgs (Peter Martuccelli)
- * Wed Jul 21 05:00:00 2004 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-18.EL
- prevent s390 mlock hangs with follow_page() rework (Ernie Petrides)
- fix Power5 initialization and handling of RAS IRQs (David Howells)
- fix ppc64 viocons driver deadlocks with printk() (David Howells)
- apply eh_timeout, netdump, cli fixes in diskdump (Tatsuo Uchida)
- add skip_mapped_pages tuning for page eviction (Stephen Tweedie)
- fix initrd's effect on ppc64 mem_end calculation (David Howells)
- allow HT support on ppc64 systems with single cpu (David Howells)
- backport v2.0.8 aic7xxx driver h/w support for Dell (Tom Coughlan)
- correct ppc64 device node searching in hvsi driver (David Howells)
- fix KMI compat problem w/pgprot_t in x86 NX support (Jim Paradis)
- resurrect mptfusion driver backup version 2.05.05 (Tom Coughlan)
- disable IRQ affinity setting on some ia32e systems (Jim Paradis)
- update SCSI whitelist for Dot Hill SANnet/StorEdge (Tom Coughlan)