System Environment/Kernel

kernel-BOOT: The version of the Linux kernel used on installation boot disks.

Name:kernel-BOOT Vendor:Scientific Linux
Version:2.4.21 License:GPLv2
Release:40.EL URL:
Summary
This package includes a trimmed down version of the Linux kernel. This kernel is used on the installation boot disks only and should not be used for an installed system, as many features in this kernel are turned off because of the size constraints of floppy disks.

Arch: i386

Download:kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-40.EL.i386.rpm
Build Date:Wed Mar 15 12:08:30 2006
Packager:
Size:10.04 MiB

Changelog

* Thu Feb 2 18:00:00 2006 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-40.EL
- fix multicast domain membership failover with bonding (Andy Gospodarek)
- add 82571/2 support to e1000 driver version 6.1.16-k3 (John Linville)
- fix NMI error w/acpi=noirq regression from -37.7.EL (Ernie Petrides)
* Fri Jan 20 18:00:00 2006 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-39.EL
- avoid logging info msgs when file leases are broken (Peter Staubach)
- restore e1000 PCI device id for Concho network adapter (John Linville)
- fix mptfusion intr mask handling to support PCI Express (Tom Coughlan)
- fix IPV4 DST entry leak in icmp_push_reply() error path (Thomas Graf)
- fix IPV6 SKB mem leak in ip6_input_finish() error path (Thomas Graf)
- correct struct ref counting in IPV6 flowlabel handling (Thomas Graf)
- reject unicast reports to prevent potential IGMP DoS (Thomas Graf)
- remove undesirable negative dentry caching in autofs4 (Jeff Moyer)
- add missing 5708 support to bnx2 network driver (John Linville)
- fix SATA assertion regression from -38.EL (Peter Martuccelli)
- prevent USB serial_write() oops after disconnect (Pete Zaitcev)
- add USB serial support for PL-2303 HX devices (Pete Zaitcev)
- fix x86 boot Viper/SCSI regression from -37.8.EL (Brian Maly)
* Thu Dec 1 18:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-38.EL
- incorporate dell_rbu driver version 2.1 for BIOS updates (Brian Maly)
- remove obsolete backup drivers replaced by newer revs (Tom Coughlan)
- upgrade SATA support (core, libata, and drivers) (Jeff Garzik)

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