Miscellaneous Included Packages

kernel-BOOT: The version of the Linux kernel used on installation boot disks.

Name:kernel-BOOT Vendor:Fermi
Version:2.4.21 License:GPLv2
Release:20.EL URL:
Summary
This package includes a trimmed down version of the Linux kernel. This kernel is used on the installation boot disks only and should not be used for an installed system, as many features in this kernel are turned off because of the size constraints of floppy disks.

Arch: i386

Download:kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-20.EL.i386.rpm
Build Date:Thu Sep 2 16:26:20 2004
Packager:
Size:10.46 MiB

Changelog

* Wed Aug 18 19:00:00 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 19:00:00 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 19:00:00 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)

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