Currently offered RHEL3 test kernels[1] for IBM PPC64 pSeries, iSeries, Power5 (Squadrons) and JS20, including patches that are uncommitted, requiring testing or Red Hat internal review:
| Download point | Contents |
|---|---|
| kernel-2.4.21-37.8.EL.patchtest.52.ppc64pseries.rpm | Kernel and modules for pSeries, Power5 and JS20. |
| kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-37.8.EL.patchtest.52.ppc64pseries.rpm | Unsupported modules for pSeries, Power5 and JS20. |
| kernel-2.4.21-37.8.EL.patchtest.52.ppc64iseries.rpm | Kernel and modules for legacy iSeries. |
| kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-37.8.EL.patchtest.52.ppc64iseries.rpm | Unsupported modules for legacy iSeries. |
| kernel-source-2.4.21-37.8.EL.patchtest.52.ppc64.rpm | Installable kernel source tree. |
| kernel-2.4.21-37.8.EL.patchtest.52.src.rpm | Kernel source RPM. |
| md5sums-2.4.21-37.8.EL.patchtest.52.txt | List of MD5 sums for above RPMs |
The changelog can be viewed here.
Last updated 11/11/2005.
[1] Please note: These test kernels do not represent formal Red Hat kernel releases. These kernels RPMs are produced to permit IBM to test candidate patches that have been integrated into a base RHEL kernel. There is no guarantee that any patch mentioned on this page will wind up eventually in the formal RHEL3 kernel unless it is marked "Committed". Under normal circumstances, candidate patches will not get put up for internal review by the Red Hat kernel engineers until they've been tested.
Currently offered RHEL3 U6 preview kernels[2] for IBM PPC64 pSeries, iSeries, Power5 (Squadrons) and JS20:
| Download point | Contents |
|---|---|
| kernel-2.4.21-33.EL.ppc64pseries.rpm | Kernel and modules for pSeries, Power5 and JS20. |
| kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-33.EL.ppc64pseries.rpm | Unsupported modules for pSeries, Power5 and JS20. |
| kernel-2.4.21-33.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm | Kernel and modules for legacy iSeries. |
| kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-33.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm | Unsupported modules for legacy iSeries. |
| kernel-2.4.21-33.EL.src.rpm | Kernel source RPM. |
Last updated 27/07/2005.
[2] Please note: These kernels are a preview of RHEL-3 Update 6, and do not represent formal Red Hat kernel releases and may not yet have gone through the full QA process.
Last updated 03/04/2006 at 13:37 BST.
The status of the extra patches included in the above RPMs:
| Red Hat BZ ID # | Red Hat IT ID # | IBM LTC ID # | Patch | Description | Internal RH Review/Commit State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BZ 164420 |
IT 34455 |
6252 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-xmon-h.patch | Check for NULL pointers in the xmon "h" command | The patch appears to be incorrect. Internal review raised issue; need clarification by IBM. |
| BZ 127481 |
IT 51613 |
10920 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-vio-unreg.patch | Unregister VIO driver before returning error on no devices | Needs testing by IBM. This bug may be hidden by the fix to BZ 150881 (linux-2.6.9-ibmveth-getlink.patch) |
| BZ 168684 |
IT 79748 |
18127 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-veth-mf-cancel.patch | Handle VETH removal whilst still initialising correctly | Patch version 5. Tested; awaiting review. Not sure this patch is correct yet. |
| BZ 163307 |
IT 58413 |
13178 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-cmsg-check.patch | Check the data length in a control message packet | Committed in 2.4.21-37.10.EL. |
| BZ 162735 |
IT 39047 |
8356 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-termios-xtabs.patch | Make XTABS value comply with POSIX on ppc/ppc64 | Committed in 2.4.21-37.9.EL. Should this be disallowed for a RHEL kernel? |
| BZ 168315 |
IT 79664 |
17567 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-lparcfg-sign.patch | Fix a signed maths error in /proc/ppc64/lparcfg | Committed in 2.4.21-37.8.EL. |
| BZ 156397 |
IT 64421 |
13414 | linux-2.4.21-compat-icmp6filter.patch | Fix ICMP6 filtering 32-bit -> 64-bit conversion | Committed in 2.4.21-37.7.EL. |
| IT 52713 |
11533 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-signal-backtrace.patch | Store correct userspace backtrace tracking information in signal frames. | Committed in 2.4.21-32.9.EL. | |
| BZ 149405 |
IT 65470 |
13257 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-sig32-oneshot.patch | Reset signal handler correctly for SA_ONESHOT | Committed in 2.4.21-32.9.EL. |
| BZ 142604 |
12957 | linux-2.4.21-kallsyms-race.patch | Evade race between kallsyms and insmod/rmmod (obsolete). | Committed in 2.4.21-32.4.EL. This patch was dropped in favour of the WCHAN one for BZ 99502. | |
| BZ 99502 |
3549 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-wchan.patch | Fix get_wchan() to return the correct saved LR value | Committed in 2.4.21-32.4.EL. | |
| BZ 150881 |
14525 | linux-2.6.9-ibmveth-getlink.patch | Indicate that the veth link is always up rather than always down. | Committed in 2.4.21-32.1.EL. | |
| BZ 143173 |
linux-2.4.21-ppc64-sgio-logsize.patch | Increase size limit on 32-bit SG_IO ioctl data. | Committed in 2.4.21-27.13.EL. | ||
| BZ 128242 |
10086 | linux-2.4.21-timer-barrier.patch | Add a missing memory barrier to the timer code. | Committed in 2.4.21-27.10.EL. | |
| BZ 139432 |
10892 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-xmon.patch | Make xmon work properly over the power5 virtual console. | Committed in 2.4.21-27.7.EL. | |
| BZ 137245 |
12079 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-eeh-errbufsize.patch | Initialise the variable holding the error buffer size. | Committed in 2.4.21-27.7.EL. | |
| BZ 142153 |
12906 | linux-2.6.9-ppc64-rpaclose.patch | Prevent random corruption of kernel data during boot. | Committed in 2.4.21-27.7.EL. | |
| BZ 126253 |
9455 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-fix-phb-unit-id.patch | Fix presentation of PHB unit IDs. | Committed in 2.4.21-27.6.EL. | |
| BZ 127538 |
9890 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-viodasd.patch | Limit viodasd minor count and fix internal naming. | Committed. | |
| IT 49489 |
11126 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-lparcfg-patch.patch | Update implementation of /proc/ppc64/lparcfg. | Committed. | |
| IT 51843 |
linux-2.4.21-ppc64-signal.patch | Fix register corruption in signal handling. | Committed. | ||
| BZ 133782 |
linux-2.4.21-ppc64-signal-step.patch | Fix problems with single-stepping through signal handling. | Committed. | ||
| BZ 127843 |
9204 | linux-2.4.21-scsi-type-unknown.patch | Fix oops in /proc/scsi during device probe. | Committed. | |
| BZ 127725 |
9758 | linux-2.4.21-scsi-starvation-hang.patch | Fix a hang that can occur in the SCSI starvation code. | Committed. | |
| BZ 128409 |
10141 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-rtas-errlog.patch | Increase the size of the RTAS error log buffer. | Committed. | |
| BZ 128244 |
10007 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-power5-ibmvscsi.patch | Fix a crash when insmod'ing the ibmvscsi driver. | Committed. | |
| BZ 130191 |
10485 | linux-2.4.21-icom-crashed.patch | Fix a crash that occurs when loading the icom driver. | Committed. | |
| BZ 128041 |
10040 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-ipc32to64.patch | Convert 32-bit IPC_INFO call to 64-bit correctly. | Committed. | |
| BZ 128231 |
linux-2.4.21-ppc64-sendfile64.patch | Make sendfile64() work for 32-bit userspace. | Committed. | ||
| BZ 129089 |
10351 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-lparcfg-capped.patch | Display the capped value correctly in /proc/ppc64/lparcfg. | Committed. | |
| BZ 128052 |
9969 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-power5-ibmvscsi-2.patch | Fix up the contents of /proc/scsi/ibmscsi/1. | Committed. | |
| BZ 127864 |
9987 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-eeh-isa-check.patch | Don't enable EEH for PCI-ISA bridges. | Committed. | |
| BZ 128055 |
9686 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-ibmvscsic.patch | Deal with the I/O request lock properly. | Committed. | |
| BZ 127551 |
9882 | linux-2.4.21-pcnet32-txfifo-error.patch | Make the driver test more status bits in the pcnet32 driver interrupt handler (MemoryError and InitDone). | Committed. | |
| BZ 126671 |
9595 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-rtas-quieten.patch | Turn down the logging level for RTAS messages. | Committed. | |
| BZ 126313 |
9450 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-smtoff-fix.patch | Handle smt-enabled=off correctly. | Committed. | |
| BZ 127850 |
9985 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-eeh-typesize.patch | Fix type mismatch in comparison. | Committed. | |
| BZ 127852 |
9981 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-eeh-rbtree.patch | Make eeh_check_failure interrupt safe. | Committed. | |
| BZ 127885 |
9984 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-rtas-race.patch | Fix up races and overflows in RTAS. | Committed. | |
| BZ 128147 |
10067 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-power5-ibmveth.patch | Cure the errors seen when the virtual ethernet interface is taken down. | Committed. | |
| BZ 127874 |
9986 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-eeh-empty-slot.patch | Enable EEH for all I/O devices (as required for Power5). | Committed. | |
| BZ 125584 |
9212 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-power5-progress-fix.patch | Log progress indicator messages correctly through RTAS. | Committed. | |
| linux-2.4.21-ppc64-power5-hvsi-trav.patch | Search the device node tree correctly when looking for HVSI vty devices. | Committed. | |||
| BZ 127416 |
9857 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-smt1cpu-fix.patch | Handle smt-enabled=yes correctly for a single SMT CPU system. | Committed. | |
| BZ 125095 |
9041 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-ramdisk-check.patch | Check the ramdisk location rather than unconditionally moving the end of memory pointer. | Committed. | |
| BZ 126974 |
9474 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-viocons-fix.patch | Avoid deadlocks by no longer calling printk() whilst certain spinlocks are held. | Committed. | |
| BZ 126254 |
9456 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-ras-irq-fix.patch | Fix the RAS IRQ initialisation and handlers to behave properly. | Committed. | |
| BZ 113031 |
5751 | linux-2.4.21-bootmem-hash-alloc.patch | Allocate large permanent system hashes using the bootmem allocator to get around the size constraint imposed by MAX_ORDER without breaking KMI. | Committed. | |
| BZ 120440 |
7427 | linux-2.4.21-qla2200.patch | Prevent a stack overflow due to function recursion in the QLogic qla2200 driver. | Complete driver update. Committed. | |
| IT 40224 |
8859 | config-ppc64-generic | Turn on the master watchdog configuration option to allow softdog to be compiled. | Committed. | |
| BZ 125094 |
9048 | linux-2.4.21-ppc64-p3irq.patch | Fix request_irq() problem on Power3 box due to too-early memory allocation. | Committed. | |
| BZ 121518 |
7716 | linux-2.4.21-procfs_more_inodes.patch | Nathan Lynch's simple increase PROC_NDYNAMIC patch. | Committed. | |
| FZ 117482 |
linux-2.4.21-power5-base.patch | Basic kernel mods necessary for new platform. | Committed. | ||
| FZ 117482 |
linux-2.4.21-power5-locks.patch | New method of handling spinlocks. | Committed. | ||
| FZ 117482 |
linux-2.4.21-power5-irq.patch | New method of dealing with 24bit interrupt vectors. | Committed. | ||
| FZ 117482 |
linux-2.4.21-power5-vio.patch | All new virtual I/O. | Committed. |