Installation guide

Release Notes

• igb: driver for Intel Gigabit Ethernet Adapters has been updated to version 1.2.45-k2, adding

support for 82576 based devices.

• the ixgbe driver for Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express network devices has been updated to version

1.3.18-k4.

• the niu driver has been added to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, adding support for 10Gbps ethernet

devices on Sun CP3220 systems.

• the ipw2100 and ipw2200 drivers for Intel PRO Wireless devices has been backported to Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5.3 from Linux Kernel 2.6.25.

• the bcm43xx driver for Broadcom Wireless devices has been backported to Red Hat Enterprise

Linux 5.3 from Linux Kernel 2.6.25.

• the ieee80211 support component for wireless devices has been backported to Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5.3 from Linux Kernel 2.6.25.

• the zd1211rw driver for ZyDas Wireless devices has been updated to match the last non-

mac80211 version from just prior to Linux 2.6.25.

• the iwlwifi drivers have been updated to version from 2.6.26, adding 802.11n support to

iwl4965 wireless devices. Several bug fixes included in post-2.6.26 versions of the driver were

also incorporated into the backported driver.

• the myri10ge driver for Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet devices has been updated to version

1.3.2-1.269.

• the netxen driver for NetXen network cards has been updated to version 3.4.18.

• The bnx2x driver for Broadcom Everest network devices has been updated to version 1.45.23,

adding support for the 57711 hardware.

• the forcedeth-msi driver has been updated to fix a bug that prevented proper link-up detection.

• the ath5k driver for Atheros wireless devices has been backported to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3

from Linux Kernel 2.6.26.

• the rt2x00 drivers for Ralink wireless devices has been backported to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

5.3 from Linux Kernel 2.6.26.

• the rtl8180 and rtl8187 drivers for Realtek wireless devices has been backported to Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5.3 from Linux Kernel 2.6.26.

Storage

• 3w-xxxx: driver for 3ware SATA RAID Controllers updated to version 1.26.03. This applies several

upstream changes, most notably:

• Fixed a bug that caused data corruption when using a 3ware 7000 or 8000 series card in a

system with greater than 2GB of RAM.

• Anaconda no longer hangs on 64-bit architectures when using a 3ware 8006 series card in a

system with greater than 4GB of RAM.