Red Hat has announced the release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.5, the fifth update to RHEL 4 series: "
Red Hat is pleased to announce the general availability of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 (
kernel 2.6.9-55.EL). This update includes the following enhancements: RHEL4 paravirtualized
kernel for i686 and x86_64 and install
ation of paravirt RHEL4.5 guests; updated
kernel support for Infiniband; NFS performance metrics; EDAC for Opteron; diskdump support for sata_nv and ibmvscsi drivers; netdump support to 8139cp driver; CIFS updated to 1.45; clustering applic
ation support through dm device ioctls.There were several bug fixes in various parts of the
kernel." This is the first RHEL release with the new "point" numbering (instead of the old "4 Update X" version numbers). Please read the release announcement for further details. Installable binary and source
ISO images are available for download from
Red Hat Network (subscribers only).
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 General Availability Announcement
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* Subject: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 General Availability Announcement
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Red Hat is pleased to announce the general availability of
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 (kernel-2.6.9-55.EL) including:
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AMD64/
Intel(r) 64,
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 for x86, AMD64/Intel(r) 64,
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Itanium Processor Family
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 for x86, AMD64/Intel(r) 64,
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. e8 z! P3 `$ q/ `- c( G% XThis update includes the following enhancements:
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( [& Z% t1 a# \0 x% F* YNew kernel features include:
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installation of paravirt RHEL4.5 guests
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* diskdump support for sata_nv driver
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* CIFS updated to 1.45
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* Clustering application support through dm device ioctls
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The ongoing effort to resolve these problems has resulted in
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
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ibmvscsic, ipr, ixgb, libata, megaraid_mm, megaraid_sas,
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mptbase, pdc_adma, qla2100, qla2200, qla2300, qla2322,
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sata_sx4, sata_uli, sata_via, sata_vsc, sky2, stex, tg3.
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* Drivers added:
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* Added platform support:
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+ allow disabling of MSI on PHX6700/6702 SHPC
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+ Intel ICH9 chipset
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core systems
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+ MCE Thresholding support for AMD 0x10 family processors
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+ PCI-Express support for Altix
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Other notable additions:
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* WPA-Supplicant driver now included
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* automounter load balancing with replicated servers
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* Session keyring initialization PAM module
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* Infiniband update from 1.0 to OFED-1.1 code base
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* Native SAS and STAT devices are now supported
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* Added Alsa support for Broadwater platforms
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* Sealevel 8-port serial cards are now supported
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* mdadm support for RAID50
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* multipath-tools support for DASD disks
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 is available to existing
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Installable binary and source ISO images are available via
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https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html (AS)
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https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh-desktop-4-errata.html (Desktop)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 users who have assigned Technical
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should report all bugs with this release using your current
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Issue Tracker account.
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To report and query for bugs in this release, you need a
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3. Choose Product "Red Hat Enterprise Linux".
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4. Choose Version "4.5".
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5. Choose the component against which you wish to report a problem,
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