Just in case there is one person on this list that isn't aware...
and so it begins...
Craig
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> Subject: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 Availability Announcement
> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:32:51 -0500
>
> Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of Update 3
> for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 family of products
> including:
>
> - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for x86, AMD64/EM64T,
> Itanium, POWER, S/390 and zSeries
> - Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 for x86, AMD64/EM64T, Itanium
> - Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 for x86, AMD64/EM64T, Itanium
> - Red Hat Desktop 4 for x86 and AMD64/EM64T
>
> This update includes the following enhancements:
>
> - Availability of a full set of updated installable CD ISO
> with OS package updates and install-time support for
> new hardware.
>
> - Availability of updated Extras ISO images with third
> party package updates.
>
> - Hardware support enhancements:
> * Improved support for larger system configurations with
> - up to 64 logical CPUs on AMD64 and EM64T 64 bit platforms
> through a new "largesmp" kernel variant depending on
> hardware certification.
> - up to 64 logical CPUs on PPC (and IA64 carried forward
> from Update 2) with the existing "smp" kernel variant
> depending on hardware certification.
> * Technology preview for support of very large system
> configurations on IA64 (up to 256 logical CPUs) and PPC (up
> to 128 logical CPUs).
> ** NOTE: These are the certification limits Red Hat is
> currently aiming at depending on partner and customer
> testing feedback. Theoretical limits referenced in the
> Kernel notes might be higher.
> Independent of any technology preview or theoretical
> limit, the actual supported system configuration limits
> that depend on real partner hardware to be certified
> are documented on the Red Hat website at
> http://www.redhat.com/en_us/USA/rhel/details/limits/
> * IA64 multi-core support
> * Driver updates including
> cciss, hangcheck-timer, ipmi_devintf, ipmi_msghandler,
> ipmi_poweroff, ipmi_si, ipmi_watchdog, mptbase, e1000, ixgb,
> tg3, aacraid, ahci, ata_piix, iscsi_sfnet, libata, qla2100,
> qla2200, qla2300, qla2322, qla2xxx, qla6312, sata_nv,
> sata_promise, sata_svw, sata_sx4, sata_vsc, cifs
> * Driver additions including
> bnx2, dell_rbu, ib_mthca, megaraid_sas, qla2400, typhoon
>
> - Security enhancements:
> * Execshield updates
> * Begin use of gcc FORTIFY_SOURCE build option in some
> package updates
> * SELinux policy updates
> * Updated kernel key management support
>
> - System tools enhancements:
> * SystemTap dynamic system instrumentation tool enhancements
> including technology preview for broader hardware architecture
> support
> * Kernel crash dump analysis tool enhancements
> * Technology preview of the Frysk execution analysis framework,
> for more information visit http://sourceware.org/frysk/
> * Updated OpenIPMI support
>
> - Storage enhancements:
> * Improvements to autofs / automount
> * Device-mapper snapshot and multipath I/O improvements
> * Support for 4GB-versions of Fibre Channel HBAs
> * NFS access control lists, asynchronous I/O
>
> - Networking enhancements:
> * Technology preview of Infiniband support via the OpenIB stack
>
> - Updated third-party Java packages on the Extras CD
>
> - Security updates, bug fixes, and feature enhancements to
> numerous system packages
>
> Errata Advisories describing specific changes in Update 3 are
> available online at:
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html (AS)
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4es-errata.html (ES)
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4ws-errata.html (WS)
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh-desktop-4-errata.html (Desktop)
>
> Release notes for this update will be available on the Red Hat
> documentation site at:
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
>
> This update is available immediately to all current
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscribers via Red Hat Network.
> Simply run 'up2date' to retrieve the latest packages
> or visit the following URL to download ISO images for
> new installations:
> https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/download_isos.pxt
>
> Regards,
>
> The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team
>
>
>
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