new package: virtio

Advisory:	RHEA-2009:1425-1
Type:	Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2009-09-03
Last updated on:	2009-09-03
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

New virtio packages, which provide para-virtualized drivers for
fully-virtualized instances of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 running on KVM
are now available.

The virtio packages provide para-virtualized drivers for KVM
fully-virtualized Linux guests.

The para-virtualized drivers for KVM guests consist of five modules:
virtio, virtio_blk, virtio_net, virtio_pci and virtio_ring. All five
modules are loaded in case you need both block and network devices drivers.
Para-virtualized drivers increase the performance of block and network
devices. These drivers are part of version 2.6 of the Linux kernel and have
been backported to version 2.4 of the Linux kernel with the help of the
official backport suite. (BZ#485437)

Users wanting improved network and block device performance in
fully-virtualized instances of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 running on KVM
should install these new packages.

Solution

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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
virtio-0.1-16.el3.src.rpm	`59ee6ea782952c02e2bd267c6fbc5c0e`

IA-32:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm	`a0b563092e2c641574503bdeb3ea81c9`
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`1a581394ac5cdb36bdba9385961481f8`
kmod-virtio-hugemem-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`5b18cd28727d11517cadea03cf0bd5ad`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm	`89558de8791b13c8e3226c6d27ea6779`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`405506a73b9eedc47324bcc4bae6361d`

x86_64:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.ia32e.rpm	`35c49ef7f4836309d2145b7dd44a147b`
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm	`a83461713fc81743c9e6bb9f768f5cce`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm	`67a70fbd545fc556c136942548b9d730`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
virtio-0.1-16.el3.src.rpm	`59ee6ea782952c02e2bd267c6fbc5c0e`

IA-32:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm	`a0b563092e2c641574503bdeb3ea81c9`
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`1a581394ac5cdb36bdba9385961481f8`
kmod-virtio-hugemem-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`5b18cd28727d11517cadea03cf0bd5ad`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm	`89558de8791b13c8e3226c6d27ea6779`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`405506a73b9eedc47324bcc4bae6361d`

x86_64:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.ia32e.rpm	`35c49ef7f4836309d2145b7dd44a147b`
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm	`a83461713fc81743c9e6bb9f768f5cce`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm	`67a70fbd545fc556c136942548b9d730`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
virtio-0.1-16.el3.src.rpm	`59ee6ea782952c02e2bd267c6fbc5c0e`

IA-32:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm	`a0b563092e2c641574503bdeb3ea81c9`
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`1a581394ac5cdb36bdba9385961481f8`
kmod-virtio-hugemem-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`5b18cd28727d11517cadea03cf0bd5ad`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm	`89558de8791b13c8e3226c6d27ea6779`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`405506a73b9eedc47324bcc4bae6361d`

x86_64:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.ia32e.rpm	`35c49ef7f4836309d2145b7dd44a147b`
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm	`a83461713fc81743c9e6bb9f768f5cce`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm	`67a70fbd545fc556c136942548b9d730`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
virtio-0.1-16.el3.src.rpm	`59ee6ea782952c02e2bd267c6fbc5c0e`

IA-32:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm	`a0b563092e2c641574503bdeb3ea81c9`
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`1a581394ac5cdb36bdba9385961481f8`
kmod-virtio-hugemem-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`5b18cd28727d11517cadea03cf0bd5ad`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm	`89558de8791b13c8e3226c6d27ea6779`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm	`405506a73b9eedc47324bcc4bae6361d`

x86_64:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.ia32e.rpm	`35c49ef7f4836309d2145b7dd44a147b`
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm	`a83461713fc81743c9e6bb9f768f5cce`
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm	`67a70fbd545fc556c136942548b9d730`

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

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

485437 - Create VirtIO drivers for RHEL3

Keywords

kmod, kvm, virtio

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