New Features
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• The maximum number of raw devices can be specified as boot option (
max_raw_minors=XX
, where
1 <= XX <= 65536)
• Add a new kernel which is designed to run on top of a virtual machine interface layer (VMI). The
VMI interface layer is part of the package kernel-vmi which is available as x86 package only (not for
x86_64). This package can be installed via your favorite update tool once the system has a registered
update channel.
• A hardware handler for the DM-MPIO framework to enable explicit ALUA support (ALUA: T10
Asymmetric LUN Access or T10 ALUA) was added.
• Support for Autofs version 5 was added additional to the standard version 4.
• The Open-iSCSI stack was updated to enhance the iSCSI boot/install capability so that it is not limited
to a single integrated network interface any more. This update changed the sysfs layout.
• Support added for SB700 S/PATA
• Integrated support for AMDFam11h (Griffin)
• Integrated support for NFS locking of a clustered filesystem
• Support for mount counting and last check timestamping for fsck -a on reiserfs was added.
• AppArmor was updated to the latest version.
• Wide UTF-8 character support was enabled for Aspell.
• The following packages were added for better support of XEN management tools: gtk-vnc, virt-viewer
• The HPI STONITH module of heartbeat was enabled.
• Support for Intel(R) iAMT was added.
• IPA Fonts were added.
• The Firmware for Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Cards was added.
• Added Unicode text editor 'yudit' to edit and convert text of different languages.
• Improved support for LVM and Device-Mapper based mirroring.
• SuSEfirewall2 now autodetect bridge interfaces and permit traffic.
• zSeries:
AF_IUCV
Protocol Support: Enables IUCV communication via the BSD socket interface
between Linux VM guests or between a Linux guest and CMS. More info: Device Drivers, Features,
and Commands - SC33-8289-04, Chapter 21. AF_IUCV protocol support.
• zSeries: Kernel NSS support: Saves memory when running multiple Linux server with the same kernel
under z/VM by allowing to save the kernel in a Named Saved Segment in z/VM. More info: Device
Drivers, Features, and Commands - SC33-8289-04, Chapter 13. Shared kernel support.
• zSeries: ETR (external time reference) Support: Enables Linux images to synchronize with parallel
Sysplex or GDPS by providing z/OS compatible external timer reference and maintaining data
consistency groups for XRC data mover. More info: The ETR support introduces a new kernel parameter
"etr" that is used to set the initial state for the online attribute of the two ports. The syntax of the parameter
is "etr=[on | off | port0 | port1]". The default is "off". The ETR support introduces a number of sysfs-
