- Issued:
- 2008-05-20
- Updated:
- 2009-08-03
RHEA-2008:0274 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
new package: para-virtualized drivers for fully-virtualized guests
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
A new package containing para-virtualized drivers for fully-virtualized Red
Hat Enterprise Linux guests running on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (or
later) host is now available.
Description
Para-virtualized (PV) drivers are virtualization-aware drivers used by a
fully-virtualized guest instance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 or later. Fully-virtalized guests using PV drivers
gain significant I/O performance improvement.
This new package provides PV network and disk drivers for fully-virtualized
guest instances of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4.8.
To use these drivers, install them into an instance of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3.9 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 running as a fully-virtualized
guest on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (or later) host. Installation can
be done directly, via the Red Hat Network, or manually, after downloading
the RPMs.
For more information, and full documentation regarding installation,
configuration and trouble-shooting of these PV drivers see the
Para-Virtualized Drivers for Red Hat Enterprise Linux manual at:
http://redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/en-US/RHEL510/html /Para-Virtualized_Drivers/
A PDF version of this manual is also available at:
http://redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/en-US/RHEL510/pdf/ Para-Virtualized_Drivers.pdf
Note: this package has been re-released. This further update adds PV
drivers for fully-virtualized Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 and Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4.8 guests running under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 or
later on Itanium(r) 2-based platforms.
All users running fully-virtualized instances of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3.9 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 on Red Hat Enterprise 5.1 and later
hosts should install these new packages which improve I/O performance
significantly.
Solution
This package requires fully-virtualized Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 or Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 guests running on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1
or later host.
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
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xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: c03d1d72c6aec71747f8ca3082167550d4601ceea1d7657a7daf3ec0a1700997 |
x86_64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 84595d7c4a83cc9706cd9c7d87113044aba7bec9d6831363777cbfd8b31d9f42 |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 84595d7c4a83cc9706cd9c7d87113044aba7bec9d6831363777cbfd8b31d9f42 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d8d3f07c25fa439d805ec5e03cc882b0b8c894200a19edb07f8439ca99fe442b |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d8d3f07c25fa439d805ec5e03cc882b0b8c894200a19edb07f8439ca99fe442b |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41ccee9d826eadd735170bb20c83fee060d9526fb0b35958d372aeb1dbf063a3 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41ccee9d826eadd735170bb20c83fee060d9526fb0b35958d372aeb1dbf063a3 |
ia64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f60aaaab80cc9ece14385229df6b50690225f2c6bcb4fd55c9c768217b0f5fef |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f60aaaab80cc9ece14385229df6b50690225f2c6bcb4fd55c9c768217b0f5fef |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 522721cc8105b9c3bfb80a2ddca9615300cf9602595490cbab756285e73f7057 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 522721cc8105b9c3bfb80a2ddca9615300cf9602595490cbab756285e73f7057 |
i386 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 08fbdec6901f7438fa77e0586ee458ef088bbfe1b70589e3156290a2d970145d |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 08fbdec6901f7438fa77e0586ee458ef088bbfe1b70589e3156290a2d970145d |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fb21edad3a95bce5ed0e599b247f36b7809e03600df8b81750001a994f514b5c |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fb21edad3a95bce5ed0e599b247f36b7809e03600df8b81750001a994f514b5c |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 263e51e65ee58da59b60aca429b31213b05a55012e8b5c4a64edf4f80d501628 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 263e51e65ee58da59b60aca429b31213b05a55012e8b5c4a64edf4f80d501628 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
i386 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8
SRPM | |
---|---|
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: c03d1d72c6aec71747f8ca3082167550d4601ceea1d7657a7daf3ec0a1700997 |
x86_64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 84595d7c4a83cc9706cd9c7d87113044aba7bec9d6831363777cbfd8b31d9f42 |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 84595d7c4a83cc9706cd9c7d87113044aba7bec9d6831363777cbfd8b31d9f42 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d8d3f07c25fa439d805ec5e03cc882b0b8c894200a19edb07f8439ca99fe442b |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d8d3f07c25fa439d805ec5e03cc882b0b8c894200a19edb07f8439ca99fe442b |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41ccee9d826eadd735170bb20c83fee060d9526fb0b35958d372aeb1dbf063a3 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41ccee9d826eadd735170bb20c83fee060d9526fb0b35958d372aeb1dbf063a3 |
ia64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f60aaaab80cc9ece14385229df6b50690225f2c6bcb4fd55c9c768217b0f5fef |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f60aaaab80cc9ece14385229df6b50690225f2c6bcb4fd55c9c768217b0f5fef |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 522721cc8105b9c3bfb80a2ddca9615300cf9602595490cbab756285e73f7057 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 522721cc8105b9c3bfb80a2ddca9615300cf9602595490cbab756285e73f7057 |
i386 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 08fbdec6901f7438fa77e0586ee458ef088bbfe1b70589e3156290a2d970145d |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 08fbdec6901f7438fa77e0586ee458ef088bbfe1b70589e3156290a2d970145d |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fb21edad3a95bce5ed0e599b247f36b7809e03600df8b81750001a994f514b5c |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fb21edad3a95bce5ed0e599b247f36b7809e03600df8b81750001a994f514b5c |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 263e51e65ee58da59b60aca429b31213b05a55012e8b5c4a64edf4f80d501628 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 263e51e65ee58da59b60aca429b31213b05a55012e8b5c4a64edf4f80d501628 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: c03d1d72c6aec71747f8ca3082167550d4601ceea1d7657a7daf3ec0a1700997 |
x86_64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 84595d7c4a83cc9706cd9c7d87113044aba7bec9d6831363777cbfd8b31d9f42 |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 84595d7c4a83cc9706cd9c7d87113044aba7bec9d6831363777cbfd8b31d9f42 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d8d3f07c25fa439d805ec5e03cc882b0b8c894200a19edb07f8439ca99fe442b |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d8d3f07c25fa439d805ec5e03cc882b0b8c894200a19edb07f8439ca99fe442b |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41ccee9d826eadd735170bb20c83fee060d9526fb0b35958d372aeb1dbf063a3 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41ccee9d826eadd735170bb20c83fee060d9526fb0b35958d372aeb1dbf063a3 |
i386 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 08fbdec6901f7438fa77e0586ee458ef088bbfe1b70589e3156290a2d970145d |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 08fbdec6901f7438fa77e0586ee458ef088bbfe1b70589e3156290a2d970145d |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fb21edad3a95bce5ed0e599b247f36b7809e03600df8b81750001a994f514b5c |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fb21edad3a95bce5ed0e599b247f36b7809e03600df8b81750001a994f514b5c |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 263e51e65ee58da59b60aca429b31213b05a55012e8b5c4a64edf4f80d501628 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 263e51e65ee58da59b60aca429b31213b05a55012e8b5c4a64edf4f80d501628 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: c03d1d72c6aec71747f8ca3082167550d4601ceea1d7657a7daf3ec0a1700997 |
x86_64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 84595d7c4a83cc9706cd9c7d87113044aba7bec9d6831363777cbfd8b31d9f42 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d8d3f07c25fa439d805ec5e03cc882b0b8c894200a19edb07f8439ca99fe442b |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41ccee9d826eadd735170bb20c83fee060d9526fb0b35958d372aeb1dbf063a3 |
ia64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f60aaaab80cc9ece14385229df6b50690225f2c6bcb4fd55c9c768217b0f5fef |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 522721cc8105b9c3bfb80a2ddca9615300cf9602595490cbab756285e73f7057 |
i386 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 08fbdec6901f7438fa77e0586ee458ef088bbfe1b70589e3156290a2d970145d |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fb21edad3a95bce5ed0e599b247f36b7809e03600df8b81750001a994f514b5c |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 263e51e65ee58da59b60aca429b31213b05a55012e8b5c4a64edf4f80d501628 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
i386 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: c03d1d72c6aec71747f8ca3082167550d4601ceea1d7657a7daf3ec0a1700997 |
x86_64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 84595d7c4a83cc9706cd9c7d87113044aba7bec9d6831363777cbfd8b31d9f42 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d8d3f07c25fa439d805ec5e03cc882b0b8c894200a19edb07f8439ca99fe442b |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41ccee9d826eadd735170bb20c83fee060d9526fb0b35958d372aeb1dbf063a3 |
i386 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 08fbdec6901f7438fa77e0586ee458ef088bbfe1b70589e3156290a2d970145d |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fb21edad3a95bce5ed0e599b247f36b7809e03600df8b81750001a994f514b5c |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 263e51e65ee58da59b60aca429b31213b05a55012e8b5c4a64edf4f80d501628 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
i386 |
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