Package kernel-image-hpc: Information

Source package: kernel-image-hpc
Version: 2.6.18-alt1.M41.1
Build time:  Oct 13, 2008, 01:35 PM
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License: GPL
Summary: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description: 
This package contains the Linux kernel that is used to boot and run
your system.

Most hardware drivers for this kernel are built as modules.  Some of
these drivers are built separately from the kernel; they are available
in separate packages (kernel-modules-*-hpc).

This is special kernel built for HPC needs. In this kernel impruved support
of infiniband.

List of rpms provided by this srpm:
kernel-headers-hpc (x86_64, i586)
kernel-headers-modules-hpc (x86_64, i586)
kernel-image-hpc (x86_64, i586)

Maintainer: Michail Yakushin



    1. dev86
    2. kernel-source-2.6.18 = 1.0.0
    3. rpm-build-kernel
    4. flex
    5. gcc4.1
    6. libdb4-devel
    7. module-init-tools >= 3.1

Last changed


Sept. 26, 2008 Michail Yakushin 2.6.18-alt1.M41.1
- update to std-smp-alt12.M40.3 (security fixes)
- move ofed to speparated package
July 10, 2008 Michail Yakushin 2.6.18-alt12.M40.3
- Randomize UDP port allocation (mitigates CVE-2008-1447).
- Fix possible information leek (CVE-2008-0598, CVE-2008-2729).
- Fix unwinder (patch from RHEL).
- aic94xx: update for v28 firmware (thx Wu, Gilbert).
- aic94xx: Supermicro motherboards support (thx Sergey Kononenko).
June 10, 2008 Michail Yakushin 2.6.18-alt12.M40.2
- fix CVE-2008-2358