[Announce] New kernel release: 2.6.24 ovz004.1

[Kir Kolyshkin]

OpenVZ project has released the updated version of the 2.6.24-based
OpenVZ kernel. Read below for more information. Everybody who's
using this kernel branch is advised to upgrade.

NOTE that this is development kernel branch.


Changes
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* SIT tunnel driver fix to work in container.
* Critical connection tracking bugfixes.
* "Hide container processes in host system" feature. Controlled
  by kernel.pid_ns_hide_child sysctl, disabled by default.
* Fairsched is back based on mainline group scheduling. Container
  processes are scheduled into one group.
* Fixed uevent generation in container (OpenVZ Bug #840).
* Fixed tun/tap creation in container.
* Fixes in container's sysfs (OpenVZ Bug #852).
* Fixed compilation without CONFIG_SYSFS set
* Register /dev/null, /dev/zero, /dev/full, /dev/random
  and /dev/urandom inside container

For the complete list of changes in this release, see
http://git.openvz.org/?p=linux-2.6.24-openvz;a=log;h=v2.6.24-ovz004


Compatibility
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* Fields start_tag, value and delay in fairsched proc files
  are stubbed to zeroes due to complete scheduler internals overhaul.


Download
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http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/kernel/2.6.24/2.6.24-ovz004.1


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

Regards,
OpenVZ team.