- Issued:
- 2010-11-22
- Updated:
- 2010-11-22
RHEA-2010:0903 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
Virtio drivers for kernel 2.4.21-66.EL
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Topic
Enhanced virtio packages are now available.
Description
Para-virtualized drivers are virtualization-aware drivers used by
fully-virtualized guests running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Fully-virtualized
guests using the para-virtualized drivers gain significantly better I/O
performance than fully-virtualized guests running without the drivers.
These virtio packages have been updated to support kernel version 2.4.21-66.EL.
No other enhancements have been included.
Users of virtio are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide
signed, para-virtualized block and network drivers for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 as a virtualized KVM guest.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the 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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 3 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 651295 - Update virtio drivers for kernel 2.4.21-66.EL
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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