[Announce] New kernel release: rhel5 2.6.18-53.el5 028stab051.1

Kir Kolyshkin kir at openvz.org
Tue Dec 4 08:06:00 EST 2007


OpenVZ project has released an updated RHEL5 based kernel.
Read below for more information. Everybody who is using
this kernel branch is advised to upgrade.


Changes
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* Updated to RHEL5.1 kernel (2.6.18-53.el5) -- new drivers, lots of updates.
* Mainstream security fixes.
* DRBD update to 8.0.7.
* Forcedeth driver 7 hours hang fixed.
* TUN/TAP CPT fixed.
* GFS lockfs disabled since broken
* OOM hangs for long when run out of swap fix.
* minor compilation and other fixes.

For the complete changelog, see
http://openvz.org/news/updates/rhel5-kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.028stab051.1

For the RHEL5 kernel changelog, see
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0959.html


Compatibility
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No new issues


Download
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http://openvz.org/download/kernel/rhel5/archives/2.6.18-53.el5.028stab051.1


Bug reporting
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Use http://bugzilla.openvz.org/ to report any bugs found.


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