new package: para-virtualized drivers for fully-virtualized guests

Advisory:	RHEA-2008:0274-3
Type:	Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-05-20
Last updated on:	2009-08-03
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 3) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.8.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.8.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

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.

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® 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

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-9.el3.src.rpm	`a094ce26594d5bd4d525cfac15cf2576`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.athlon.rpm	`ff837dfcaefe06450e75f2526cce800d`
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`c8d1723e2b41c65fe5f66f75f7c43a39`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`91c3bdaa713ecf365d075ad165f53c3e`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.athlon.rpm	`1b143efb27121b7bf4cd51de7fe1c69d`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`e95804bcbde6c60947abceddc4593c91`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.ia32e.rpm	`deab26da2e83eee3e3e9906fab26337e`
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.x86_64.rpm	`3b07d1ee736f44d6bd42feb4a7c3aa27`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.x86_64.rpm	`70b61d274eaf040ec4a73f15a9212e3e`

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm	`eef44f8c0846020c7d8c3af4dd0f26b6`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`ead6d363d366de181e7aae5de15d4c3a`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`f15f5fc47e8c56b07f70694489707359`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`1ba4bc9d9aa4b55d6d28fe9083c9c1d0`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`e88f7ec60d464687482aee2400a343f8`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`f2e866e30c7d89377d817f6c02a4c21a`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`3089dc792180add139c4c592d5c3c32c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-9.el3.src.rpm	`a094ce26594d5bd4d525cfac15cf2576`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.athlon.rpm	`ff837dfcaefe06450e75f2526cce800d`
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`c8d1723e2b41c65fe5f66f75f7c43a39`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`91c3bdaa713ecf365d075ad165f53c3e`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.athlon.rpm	`1b143efb27121b7bf4cd51de7fe1c69d`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`e95804bcbde6c60947abceddc4593c91`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.ia32e.rpm	`deab26da2e83eee3e3e9906fab26337e`
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.x86_64.rpm	`3b07d1ee736f44d6bd42feb4a7c3aa27`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.x86_64.rpm	`70b61d274eaf040ec4a73f15a9212e3e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm	`eef44f8c0846020c7d8c3af4dd0f26b6`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`ead6d363d366de181e7aae5de15d4c3a`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`f15f5fc47e8c56b07f70694489707359`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`1ba4bc9d9aa4b55d6d28fe9083c9c1d0`

IA-64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`e4d879ee05a7972ffc18992ad8548a94`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`7df50d601a5517990a4f6d3e82ebeb0e`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`e88f7ec60d464687482aee2400a343f8`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`f2e866e30c7d89377d817f6c02a4c21a`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`3089dc792180add139c4c592d5c3c32c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.8.z)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm	`eef44f8c0846020c7d8c3af4dd0f26b6`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`ead6d363d366de181e7aae5de15d4c3a`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`f15f5fc47e8c56b07f70694489707359`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`1ba4bc9d9aa4b55d6d28fe9083c9c1d0`

IA-64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`e4d879ee05a7972ffc18992ad8548a94`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`7df50d601a5517990a4f6d3e82ebeb0e`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`e88f7ec60d464687482aee2400a343f8`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`f2e866e30c7d89377d817f6c02a4c21a`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`3089dc792180add139c4c592d5c3c32c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-9.el3.src.rpm	`a094ce26594d5bd4d525cfac15cf2576`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.athlon.rpm	`ff837dfcaefe06450e75f2526cce800d`
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`c8d1723e2b41c65fe5f66f75f7c43a39`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`91c3bdaa713ecf365d075ad165f53c3e`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.athlon.rpm	`1b143efb27121b7bf4cd51de7fe1c69d`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`e95804bcbde6c60947abceddc4593c91`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.ia32e.rpm	`deab26da2e83eee3e3e9906fab26337e`
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.x86_64.rpm	`3b07d1ee736f44d6bd42feb4a7c3aa27`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.x86_64.rpm	`70b61d274eaf040ec4a73f15a9212e3e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm	`eef44f8c0846020c7d8c3af4dd0f26b6`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`ead6d363d366de181e7aae5de15d4c3a`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`f15f5fc47e8c56b07f70694489707359`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`1ba4bc9d9aa4b55d6d28fe9083c9c1d0`

IA-64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`e4d879ee05a7972ffc18992ad8548a94`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`7df50d601a5517990a4f6d3e82ebeb0e`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`e88f7ec60d464687482aee2400a343f8`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`f2e866e30c7d89377d817f6c02a4c21a`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`3089dc792180add139c4c592d5c3c32c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.8.z)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm	`eef44f8c0846020c7d8c3af4dd0f26b6`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`ead6d363d366de181e7aae5de15d4c3a`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`f15f5fc47e8c56b07f70694489707359`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`1ba4bc9d9aa4b55d6d28fe9083c9c1d0`

IA-64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`e4d879ee05a7972ffc18992ad8548a94`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`7df50d601a5517990a4f6d3e82ebeb0e`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`e88f7ec60d464687482aee2400a343f8`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`f2e866e30c7d89377d817f6c02a4c21a`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`3089dc792180add139c4c592d5c3c32c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-9.el3.src.rpm	`a094ce26594d5bd4d525cfac15cf2576`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.athlon.rpm	`ff837dfcaefe06450e75f2526cce800d`
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`c8d1723e2b41c65fe5f66f75f7c43a39`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`91c3bdaa713ecf365d075ad165f53c3e`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.athlon.rpm	`1b143efb27121b7bf4cd51de7fe1c69d`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.i686.rpm	`e95804bcbde6c60947abceddc4593c91`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.ia32e.rpm	`deab26da2e83eee3e3e9906fab26337e`
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el3.x86_64.rpm	`3b07d1ee736f44d6bd42feb4a7c3aa27`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-9.el3.x86_64.rpm	`70b61d274eaf040ec4a73f15a9212e3e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-10.el4.src.rpm	`eef44f8c0846020c7d8c3af4dd0f26b6`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`ead6d363d366de181e7aae5de15d4c3a`
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`f15f5fc47e8c56b07f70694489707359`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.i686.rpm	`1ba4bc9d9aa4b55d6d28fe9083c9c1d0`

IA-64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`e4d879ee05a7972ffc18992ad8548a94`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.ia64.rpm	`7df50d601a5517990a4f6d3e82ebeb0e`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`e88f7ec60d464687482aee2400a343f8`
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`f2e866e30c7d89377d817f6c02a4c21a`
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-10.el4.x86_64.rpm	`3089dc792180add139c4c592d5c3c32c`

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Keywords

pv-drivers, virtualization, xen

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