RHEL5 Kernels by Linville

This is the status page for my RHEL5 test kernels.

What kernels are available?

RPM Contents
kernel-2.6.18-186.el5.jwltest.101.i686.rpm Kernel for i686 systems
kernel-devel-2.6.18-186.el5.jwltest.101.i686.rpm Kernel development support for i686 systems
kernel-2.6.18-186.el5.jwltest.101.x86_64.rpm Kernel for x86_64 systems
kernel-devel-2.6.18-186.el5.jwltest.101.x86_64.rpm Kernel development support for x86_64 systems
kernel-2.6.18-186.el5.jwltest.101.ia64.rpm Kernel for ia64 systems
kernel-devel-2.6.18-186.el5.jwltest.101.ia64.rpm Kernel development support for ia64 systems
kernel-2.6.18-186.el5.jwltest.101.src.rpm Kernel source RPM
kernel-doc-2.6.18-186.el5.jwltest.101.noarch.rpm Kernel documentation RPM
md5sums-2.6.18-186.el5.jwltest.101 md5sum output for above RPMs

Are these "official" Red Hat kernels?

Kernels available here are explicitly NOT official Red Hat kernels. These kernels are for testing and/or experimentation. There is absolutely no guarantee that any patches present in these kernels will actually be made available either upstream or as part of any official Red Hat kernel.

Why are they here?

For testing! Testing of patches by users helps to ensure a better and more stable kernel.

Your testing and feedback is greatly appreciated, desperately requested, and graciously accepted. Thanks in advance!

What patches do they contain?

The kernels above contain the following patches:

Bugzilla Patch Summary Status
184862 jwltest-ipw2200-1_2_0.patch Update to ipw2200 version 1.2.0 from ipw2200.sf.net Committed
184855 jwltest-hda-broadwater.patch Add support for HD audio codecs on Intel Broadwater platforms Committed
n/a jwltest-fib6_rules-minlen.patch Minor build fix for patch collision Committed
208890 jwltest-ipw3945-ipw_bg_calibrated_work-lockdep.patch Avoid possible lock contention w/ rtnl_mutex Committed
208187 jwltest-e100-error-recovery.patch Fix e100 PCI error recovery Committed
206540 jwltest-e1000-82544-tso-fix.patch Fix 82544 memory alignment issue triggered by TSO Discarded
206540 jwltest-e1000-82544-tso-disable-for-debug_slab.patch Disable TSO on 82544 when CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is enabled Discarded
n/a jwltest-bcm43xx-1gb-dma.patch Enable DMA for bcm43xx on boxes w/ >1GB memory Obsolete
n/a jwltest-bcm43xx-1gb-fix.patch Fix for bcm43xx DMA on boxes w/ >1GB memory Obsolete
211393 jwltest-e1000-ipmi-crc.patch Do not strip CRCs from incoming packets before transferring to SMBUS Committed
211270 jwltest-e1000-napi-poll-exit.patch NAPI exit cleanup Discarded
211694 jwltest-e1000-pci-error-reset.patch Reset all functions after a PCI error Discarded
210691 jwltest-hda-realtek-xw4400-typo.patch Fix typo in PCI sub-device ID for xw4400 in patch_realtek.c (HD audio driver) Committed
n/a jwltest-ixgb-sentinel.patch ixgb: fix tx errors from premature desc write-backs (from Jesse Brandeburg) Committed
n/a jwltest-d80211-kabi-compat.patch kABI pre-compatibility for d80211 stack Committed
185023 jwltest-audigy4-sb0660.patch Add support for SB660 Discarded
n/a jwltest-cfg80211-backport.patch Add cfg80211 wireless infrastructure Committed
n/a jwltest-mac80211-backport.patch Add mac80211 wireless infrastructure Committed
n/a jwltest-mac80211-backport-2_6_18.patch Backport mac80211 wireless infrastructure to 2.6.18 Committed
221333 jwltest-e1000-2.6.20-rc3.patch update e1000 to 7.3.15-k2 (plus a few patches, as in 2.6.20-rc3) Committed
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi.patch Add IPW3945 driver for mac80211 infrastructure Committed
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_18.patch Backport IPW3945 mac80211 driver to 2.6.18 Committed
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-fixes.patch Misc fixes to iwlwifi driver not yet in git Obsolete
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-video-fix.patch Attempt to fix problem w/ starting X after loading iwl4965 Obsolete
223631 jwltest-sky2-2_6_21-rc7.patch Update sky2 to version 1.13 from 2.6.21-rc7 Discarded
223631 jwltest-sky2-2_6_21-rc7.patch Update sky2 to version 1.14 from 2.6.21 Committed
240354 jwltest-ieee80211-2_6_21-cherrypick.patch Cherry-pick some fixes from 2.6.21 Committed
240354 jwltest-ieee80211-2_6_21-unpick.patch Un-cherry-pick some fixes from 2.6.21 to restore kABI Committed
213761 jwltest-bcm43xx-2_6_22-rc1.patch Update bcm43xx from 2.6.22-rc1 Committed
213761 jwltest-bcm43xx-restore-kabi.patch Correct build breakage from jwltest-ieee80211-2_6_21-unpick.patch Committed
240868 jwltest-ipw2x00-2_6_22-rc1.patch backport ipw2100 and ipw2200 from 2.6.22-rc1 Committed
n/a jwltest-mac80211-null-ptr-fix.patch Upstream commit 91fa558ba28b0014205f2c1a75b1cceb4298aa04 Committed
n/a jwltest-mac80211-debugfs-build-fix.patch Fix-up build breakage w/ mac80211 debugfs bits enabled Discarded
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-1_0_0.patch Update iwlwifi driver to version 1.0.0 Committed
254234 jwltest-sunhme-fixes.patch Misc upstream fixes for sunhme Committed
252981 jwltest-iwlwifi-tx-cmd-queue.patch Avoid a BUG_ON related to Tx command queue processing Committed
n/a jwltest-cfg80211-2_6_23.patch Update cfg80211 component with bits from 2.6.23 Committed
n/a jwltest-mac80211-2_6_23.patch Update mac80211 component with bits from 2.6.23 Committed
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-0_1_15.patch Update iwlwifi driver bits from initial upstream merge Committed
n/a jwltest-infrastructure-2007-12-06.patch Core kernel bits to support "*-2007-12-06.patch" below Committed
n/a jwltest-cfg80211-2007-12-06.patch Update cfg80211 component with bits from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-mac80211-2007-12-06.patch Update mac80211 component with bits from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-2007-12-06.patch Update iwlwifi driver bits from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-ath5k-2007-12-06.patch Add ath5k driver from wireless-2.6#everything Discarded
n/a jwltest-ssb-2007-12-06.patch Add ssb bus infrastructure from 2.6.25 Discarded
n/a jwltest-b43-2007-12-06.patch Add b43 driver from 2.6.25 Discarded
n/a jwltest-b43legacy-2007-12-06.patch Add b43legacy driver from 2.6.25 Discarded
n/a jwltest-p54-2007-12-06.patch Add p54 driver from 2.6.25 Discarded
n/a jwltest-zd1211rw-2007-12-06.patch Update zd1211rw driver from 2.6.25 Discarded
n/a jwltest-adm8211-2007-12-06.patch Add adm8211 driver from 2.6.25 Discarded
n/a jwltest-eeprom_93cx6-2007_12_06.patch Add 93cx6 eeprom library from 2.6.25 (used by rt2x00 and rtl818x drivers) Discarded
n/a jwltest-rt2x00-2007-12-06.patch Add rt2x00 drivers from 2.6.25 Discarded
n/a jwltest-rtl818x-2007-12-06.patch Add rtl8180 and rtl8187 drivers from 2.6.25 Discarded
n/a jwltest-wext-scan-cap.patch Back-port of WEXT scan capabilities patch (assit NM w/ hidden SSID detection) Committed
n/a jwltest-mac80211-compat-module-license.patch Add MODULE_LICENSE to wireless compat module Obsolete
438391 jwltest-mac80211-2_6_25.patch Back-port mac80211 bits from 2.6.25 Committed
438395 jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_25.patch Back-port iwlwifi bits from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-ath5k-2_6_25.patch Add ath5k driver from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-eeprom_93cx6-2_6_25.patch Add 93cx6 eeprom library from 2.6.25 (used by rt2x00 and rtl818x drivers) Committed
n/a jwltest-rt2x00-2_6_25.patch Add rt2x00 drivers from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-infrastructure-fixups.patch Some kernel infrastructure bits used by wireless drivers Committed
n/a jwltest-rtl818x-2_6_25.patch Add rtl8180 and rtl8187 drivers from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-ieee80211-2_6_25.patch Update ieee80211 component from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-ipw2x00-2_6_25.patch Update ipw2100 and ipw2200 drivers from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-bcm43xx-2_6_25.patch Update bcm43xx driver from 2.6.25 Committed
n/a jwltest-zd1211rw-f59d9782.patch Update zd1211rw driver from last softmac-based version (git commit f59d9782751bf1a2c51e7e1e9f614ffec35fb52e) Committed
n/a jwltest-ieee80211-kabi-fixups.patch Fixup kABI breakage from 4 preceding patches Committed
438391 jwltest-mac80211-2_6_26.patch Back-port mac80211 bits from 2.6.26 Committed
438395 jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_26.patch Back-port iwlwifi bits from 2.6.26 Committed
n/a jwltest-ath5k-2_6_26.patch Add ath5k driver from 2.6.26 Committed
n/a jwltest-rt2x00-2_6_26.patch Add rt2x00 drivers from 2.6.26 Committed
n/a jwltest-rtl818x-2_6_26.patch Add rtl8180 and rtl8187 drivers from 2.6.26 Committed
438395 jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_27-rc3.patch Back-port iwlwifi bits from 2.6.27-rc3 Committed
438388 jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_27-rc5.patch Back-port iwlwifi bits from 2.6.27-rc5 Discarded
438388 jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_27-extra.patch Back-port iwlwifi bits from 2.6.27-extra (rename of above) Committed
438388 jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_27-fixups.patch Fix-up problems w/ backport patches above Committed
448763 jwltest-rt2x00lib-probe-fail.patch Fix crash when rt2500usb/rt73usb try to probe unsupported hardware Committed
n/a jwltest-iwlagn-beacon-update.patch Enable beacon setting on iwlagn Committed
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_27-fixup-again.patch Fixup TKIP breakage from between -109.el5 and -110.el5 Committed
n/a jwltest-mac80211-2_6_27-ibss-fixes.patch Cherry-pick some mac80211 IBSS-related fixes from 2.6.27 Committed
467831 jwltest-iwl4965_mac_update_tkip_key-fix.patch Eliminate sleeping during softirq context in iwl4965_mac_update_tkip_key Committed
468967 jwltest-mac80211-disassoc-on-bss-move.patch mac80211: force disassociation when changing BSS Committed
468967 jwltest-mac80211-deauth-on-down.patch Disassociate/deauthenticate when taking down a mac80211 device Committed
468967 jwltest-iwlwifi-scan-failed.patch Notify userland if iwlwifi fails to initiate scan Discarded
468967 jwltest-mac80211-scan-failed.patch Notify userland if iwlwifi fails to initiate scan Committed
468967 jwltest-iwlwifi-clear-scan-bits.patch Clear iwlwifi's internal scan state if scan fails Committed
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-debug-fixup.patch Fix build breakage when enabling CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG Committed
438388 jwltest-iwl3945-adhoc-fix.patch Backport IBSS-related fixes for iwl3945 Committed
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_27-final.patch Re-sync iwlwifi with what shipped in 2.6.27 (may have dropped some fixes, hopefully they come back with 2.6.28 resync) Discarded
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_28.patch Update iwlwifi with what shipped in 2.6.28 (should restore any fixes lost above) Discarded
n/a jwltest-iwlwifi-2_6_28-part1.patch Part 1 of 2.6.27->2.6.28 updates to iwlwifi Discarded
482990 jwltest-mac80211-fix-scan-vs.-interface-removal-race.patch Backport of "mac80211: fix scan vs. interface removal race" Committed
482990 jwltest-iwlwifi-fix-resume-while-txpower-off.patch Backport of "iwlwifi: fix resume while txpower off" Committed
474699 jwltest-iwlwifi-clean-key-table-in-iwl_clear_stations_table-function.patch Backport of "iwlwifi: clean key table in iwl_clear_stations_table function" Committed
474699 jwltest-iwlagn-fix-RX-skb-alignment.patch Backport of "iwlagn: fix RX skb alignment" Committed
482990 jwltest-mac80211-scan-completed-done-null-deref.patch Avoid NULL pointer dereference after done label in ieee80211_scan_completed Committed
474699 jwltest-iwlagn-fix-warning-when-set-WEP-key.patch Backport of "iwlagn: fix warning when set WEP key" Committed
497445 jwltest-iwlwifi-dma-fixes.patch Backport of "iwlwifi: DMA fixes" Discarded
498719 jwltest-mac80211-fixes-for-wpa_supplicant.patch Backport (thanks to dcbw!) some upstream fixes that help wpa_supplicant Committed
49999 jwltest-mac80211-cancel_rearming_delayed_work-fixup.patch Fix from Michal Schmidt to correct an error from an earlier backport Committed
502542 jwltest-ath5k-protect-reset-sequence-by-a-spinlock.patch Backport "ath5k: protect reset sequence by a spinlock" (from Alan Bartlett ) Discarded
506845 jwltest-rt2x00_-Use-ieee80211_hw-_workqueue-again.patch Backport "rt2x00: Use ieee80211_hw->workqueue again", which also corrects a locking issue... Committed
n/a jwltest-infrastructure-2_6_32.patch Infrastructure bits to support the next two patches... Committed
516859 jwltest-wireless-2_6_32.patch Massive backport of cfg80211, mac80211, rfkill, and various drivers from 2.6.32... Committed
456943 jwltest-ath9k-2_6_32.patch Backport of ath9k driver from 2.6.32 Committed
541218 jwltest-wireless-cancel_rearming_delayed_work-check-pending.patch Avoid potential live-locks in cancel_rearming_delayed_work Obsolete
516859 jwltest-wpa-revert.patch Fix WPA-related encryption problems! Obsolete
516859 jwltest-hw-encrypt-disable.patch Hmmm...patch above seems to have broken HW encryption for some devices... Obsolete
542593 jwltest-wireless-cleanup_work.patch Avoid cfg80211 deadlock when rfkill takes-down an interface (and don't leak netdev reference...) Committed
n/a jwltest-infrastructure-netdev_pre_up.patch Infrastructure support for NETDEV_PRE_UP notifier Obsolete
n/a jwltest-wireless-netdev_pre_up.patch Enable NETDEV_PRE_UP notifier to prevent IFF_UP on rfkill'ed interfaces Obsolete
n/a jwltest-wireless-rfkill-bus_id.patch Set name of rfkill devices correctly under /sys/bus/rfkill/devices Obsolete
n/a jwltest-net-wireless-fixes.patch Bugfixes in net/wireless since the snapshot for the backport from 2.6.32 Obsolete
n/a jwltest-net-mac80211-fixes.patch Bugfixes in net/mac80211 since the snapshot for the backport from 2.6.32 Obsolete
n/a jwltest-drivers-net-wireless-fixes.patch Bugfixes in drivers/net/wireless since the snapshot for the backport from 2.6.32 Obsolete
n/a jwltest-latest-net-wireless-fixes.patch Wireless Bugfixes since the snapshot for the backport from 2.6.32 not yet in Linus' tree Obsolete
n/a jwltest-cfg80211-extras.patch Allow using sysfs to create virtual interfaces for mac80211 devices Testing
545121 jwltest-ieee80211_change_iface-avoid-null-deref.patch Fix uninitialized pointer dereference Committed
545121 jwltest-wireless-2_6_32-kill-some-warnings.patch Remove some distracting build warnings Committed
545899 jwltest-mac80211-report-correct-signal-value-for-non-dbm-values.patch Correctly report signal for non-dBm values Committed
543723 jwltest-wireless-update-static-reg-rules.patch Update static regulatory domains and drop "EU" data in favor of world roaming Committed
542644 jwltest-bz542644-implement-pci_ioremap_bar.patch Implement pci_ioremap_bar in RHEL5 (from Prarit) Committed
542644 jwltest-rt2x00-use-pci_ioremap_bar.patch Use pci_ioremap_bar instead of open-coded replacement Committed
546281 jwltest-wireless-report-reasonable-bitrate-for-MCS-rates-through-wext.patch Report reasonable bitrate numbers for 802.11n through wireless extensions Committed
543723 jwltest-ath-regulatory-compat.patch Use compatible regulatory information for Atheros hardware Discarded
546712 jwltest-wireless-internal-crda.patch Implement CRDA replacement using compile-time regulatory database Committed
546712 jwltest-wireless-regulatory-db_txt.patch Wireless regulatory data as of 2009-11-25 Committed
559711 jwltest-wireless-fixes-2_6_32_2.patch Wireless fixes from 2.6.32.2 Submitted
559711 jwltest-wireless-fixes-2_6_32_3.patch Wireless fixes from 2.6.32.3 Submitted
559711 jwltest-wireless-fixes-2_6_32_4.patch Wireless fixes from 2.6.32.4 Submitted
559711 jwltest-wireless-fixes-2_6_32_7.patch Wireless fixes from 2.6.32.7 Submitted

Contact

For most issues with the kernels here, you should consult the bugzilla page corresponding to the patch being tested (or open a new one). But if all else fails, please feel free to contact me as linville@redhat.com with questions/suggestions/complaints/whatever...

Thanks for testing!

--
John W. Linville <linville@redhat.com>
Red Hat, Inc.
08 February 2010

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