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

Advisory:	RHEA-2008:0274-8
Type:	Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-05-20
Last updated on:	2008-05-20
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 3) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

A new package containing para-virtualized (PV) drivers for
fully-virtualized Red Hat Enterprise Linux guests running on a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.1 (or later) host is now available.

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, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1.

To use these drivers, install them into an instance of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3.9, 4.6 or 5.1 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

All users running fully-virtualized instances of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3.9, 4.6 or 5.1 on Red Hat Enterprise 5.1 and later hosts should install
these new packages which improve I/O performance significantly.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This package requires Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 or later as a host and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9, 4.6, or 5.1 as a guest.

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 (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-9.el5.src.rpm	`9ee861399164e214ccad3873a94af00b`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el5.i686.rpm	`d8f6aac081dd5ae2ce20d2e60700c7d6`
kmod-xenpv-PAE-0.1-9.el5.i686.rpm	`a5d3707c5611f0f0fd3291a2cb643a4c`

IA-64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el5.ia64.rpm	`e9d7c568c86e329ba2ba30467e77e6c3`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el5.x86_64.rpm	`2ee2cdbd422bc9e429345df44a261883`

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`

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 Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
xenpv-0.1-9.el5.src.rpm	`9ee861399164e214ccad3873a94af00b`

IA-32:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el5.i686.rpm	`d8f6aac081dd5ae2ce20d2e60700c7d6`
kmod-xenpv-PAE-0.1-9.el5.i686.rpm	`a5d3707c5611f0f0fd3291a2cb643a4c`

x86_64:
kmod-xenpv-0.1-9.el5.x86_64.rpm	`2ee2cdbd422bc9e429345df44a261883`

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`

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`

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`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Keywords

pv-drivers, virtualization, xen

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