Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by SamFolkWilliams: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel?action=diff&rev2=83&rev1=82 The comment on the change is: Updating with DRAFT notes for F7 *draft* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ = Linux Kernel = - This section covers changes and important information regarding the 2.6.18 based kernel in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. The 2.6.18 kernel includes: + [[Admonition("note","Assumptions Based on 2.6.21","These test2 release notes assume that GA will be based on kernel 2.6.21. This is subject to change.")]] - * Lightweight user space priority inheritance support (http://lwn.net/Articles/178253/) + This section covers changes and important information regarding the 2.6.21 based kernel in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. The 2.6.21 kernel includes: - * A "lock validator" debugging tool (http://lwn.net/Articles/185666/) + * Support for KVM virtualization - * A new power saving policy for multicore systems, SMPnice (http://lwn.net/Articles/186438/) + * Tickless support for x86 32bit, which will greatly improve power management. x86_64 should also be tickless for Fedora 7 GA - * A much improved SATA layer (http://lwn.net/Articles/183734/) + * The devicescape wireless network stack, which includes support for several new wireless drivers - * Swapless page migration (http://lwn.net/Articles/160201/) + * Support for version 2 of the Global File System (GFS2) - * Per-zone VM counters + * Some elements of the realtime kernel project - * Per-task delay accounting + * Many bug fixes and other small improvements + * Changelog for 2.6.21rc1 available here: http://lwn.net/Articles/223021/ - * A new per-packet access control for SELinux called `secmark` (http://james-morris.livejournal.com/11010.html) - - * Randomized i386 vDSO - - * New drivers and additional device support for many existing drivers - - * Many bug fixes and other small improvements. == Version == @@ -61, +55 @@ * Kdump kernel for use with kexec/kdump capabilities. Configured sources are available in the `kernel-kdump-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm` package. - You may install kernel headers for all kernel flavors at the same time. The files are installed in the `/usr/src/kernels/<version>-[xen|kdump]-<arch>/` tree. Use the following command: + You may install kernel headers for all kernel flavors at the same time. The files are installed in the `/usr/src/kernels/<version>-[PAE|xen|kdump]-<arch>/` tree. Use the following command: {{{su -c 'yum install kernel-{PAE,xen,kdump}-devel' }}} Select one or more of these flavors, separated by commas and no spaces, as appropriate. Enter the root password when prompted. + + [[Admonition("note","32bit Kernel Includes Kdump","The 32bit kernel is now relocatable, so kdump functionality is included. 64bit still requires installation of the -kdump kernel.")]] [[Admonition("note","Default Kernel Provides SMP","There is no separate SMP kernel available for Fedora on i386, x86_64 and ppc64. Multiprocessor support is provided by the native kernel.")]] -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
