Oracle Linux 6.3

Oracle Linux 6.3 release of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel has been improved/enhanced by Oracle in several areas, including bug fixes and extended functionality. All of these modifications have been contributed back upstream and are available in mainline Linux.
- Bug Fixes added by Oracle Linux 6.3 :
Fix __put_nfs_open_context() NULL pointer panic [orabug 12687646]
Fix scsi hotplug and rescan race [orabug 10260172]
Fix filp_close() race [orabug 10335998]
Fix missing aio_complete() in end_io [orabug 10365195]
Make xenkbd.abs_pointer=1 by default [orabug 67188919]
Check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change [orabug 7556514]
Enable entropy for bnx2,bnx2x,e1000e,igb,ixgb,ixgbe,ixgbevf [orabug 10315433]
Add xen pv netconsole support [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258]
shrink_zone patch [orabug 6086839]
Fix aacraid not to reset during kexec [orabug 8516042]
Patch rds to 1.4.2-20 [orabug 9471572, 9344105]
Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet -RDS
Fix lockup of the tx queue - ipoib
Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off - RDS
Properly unmap when getting a remote access error - RDS
Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to() - RDS
Too many getattr and access calls after direct I/O [orabug 9348191]
Fix PVHVM guest with PoD crash under memory pressure [orabug 9107465]
Fix PV guest with FC HBA hang during shutdown [orabug 9764220]
Support 256GB+ memory for pv guest [orabug 9450615]
Fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter [orabug 6124033]
Make configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug 9752208]
Fix memory corruption - ipoib [orabug 9972346]
Patch removes limit on number of retries an aio can submit [orabug 10044782]
Do not call loop_unplug for not configured loop device [orabug 10314497]
Link detection does not work with 802.3ad bonding [orabug 12377284]

- Storage :
The megaraid driver to version 5.40, which provides a fix for FastPath I/O to work with degraded RAID 1.
The qla2xxx 4G and 8G driver firmware to version 5.06.01.
The qla2xxx driver to version 8.03.07.09.05.08-k, which provides support for ISP82xx to capture a dump (a minidump) on when failure occurs.
The qla4xxx driver to version 5.02.04.00.05.08-d0.
The lpfc driver to version 8.2.0.108.1p.
The bnx2i driver to version 2.7.0.3.
The bfa firmware to version 3.0.2.2.
The mpt2sas driver to version 09.100.00.00, which adds support for customer specific branding.
The mptsas driver to version 3.04.20rh.
The uIP driver to version 0.7.0.12 as a part of the updated iscsi-initiator-utils package.
The megaraid_sas driver to version 5.40-rh1.

- Network :
The bnx2x driver firmware to version 7.0.23, which provides support for new Broadcom 578xx chips.
The bnx2x driver to version 1.70.x.
The bnx2i driver to version 2.7.0.3+.
The bnx2 driver to version 2.1.11.
The cnic driver to version 2.5.3+.
The netxen_nic driver to version 4.0.77, which adds support for VLAN RX HW acceleration.
The tg3 driver to version 3.119.
The ixgbe driver to upstream version 3.4.8-k.
The ixgbevf driver to upstream version 2.1.0-k.
The e1000e driver to version 1.4.4.
The bna driver to version 3.0.2.2, which provides support for the Brocade 1860 AnyIO Fabric Adapter.
The qlge driver to version 1.00.00.29.
The qlcnic driver to version 5.0.18.
The enic driver to version 2.1.1.24.

Oracle Linux 6.3