4 We use the OpenVZ Kernel sources, available from:
6 http://download.openvz.org/kernel/branches/rhel6-2.6.32/
9 Additional/Updated Modules:
10 ---------------------------
12 - we use bootsplash to display the boot logo.
14 - include latest stable OVS openvswitch.ko module
16 - include latest AoE driver (http://support.coraid.com/support/linux)
18 - include latest ixgbe driver from intel/sourceforge
20 - include latest igb driver from intel/sourceforge
22 - include latest e1000e driver from intel/sourceforge
24 - include latest Broadcom bnx2 drivers: http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/
26 * original file linux-7.11.05.zip contains
27 netxtreme2-7.11.05.tar.gz (added to repository)
29 - include latest Adaptec aacraid driver
31 * http://download.adaptec.com/raid/aac/linux/aacraid-linux-src-1.2.1-40700.tgz
33 - include latest megaraid_sas driver
35 * http://www.lsi.com/support/pages/download-search.aspx
36 * download "6.703.11.00-2_MR Linux_Driver.zip"
38 (extract source file megaraid_sas-06.703.11.00-src.tar.gz)
40 - include Highpoint RocketRAID 272X driver
42 * http://www.highpoint-tech.com/BIOS_Driver/rr272x_1x/linux_1.5/RR272x_1x-Linux-Src-v1.5-130325-0732.tar.gz
44 - include latest ARECA RAID drivers
46 * http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_linux/linux.htm
48 - include native OpenZFS filesystem kernel modules for Linux
50 * https://github.com/zfsonlinux/
52 For licensing questions, see:
54 http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Talk:FAQ
55 http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue
56 http://lwn.net/Articles/215085/
57 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems.zfs.user/18418
59 - include latest HPSA driver (HP Smart Array)
61 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/cciss/
67 We create our own firmware package, which includes the firmware for
68 all proxmox-ve kernels. So far this include
75 We use 'find-firmware.pl' to extract lists of required firmeware
76 files. The script 'assemble-firmware.pl' is used to read those lists
77 and copy the files from various source directory into a target
80 We do not include firmeware for some wireless HW when there is a
81 separate debian package for that, for example:
91 bootsplash-3.1.9-2.6.31-rh.patch: bootsplash patch
93 bridge-patch.diff: Avoid bridge problems with changing MAC
94 see also: http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&th=5291
96 Behaviour after 2.6.27 has changed slighly - after setting mac address
97 of bridge device, then address won't change. So we could omit
98 that patch, requiring to set hwaddress in /etc/network/interfaces.
101 Additional information
102 ----------------------
104 We use the default configuration provided by openvz, and apply
105 the following modification:
107 see config-2.6.32.diff
111 CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=Y
114 - disable CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
116 - disable CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME
118 - enable common CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XXX to avoid hardware detection
119 problems (udev, undate-initramfs hav serious problems without that)
125 - disable module signatures (CONFIG_MODULE_SIG, CONFIG_CRYPTO_SIGNATURE)
127 - enable usbip (this is also enable on debian kernels)
129 CONFIG_USB_IP_COMMON=m
130 CONFIG_USB_IP_VHCI_HCD=m
133 - enable IBM JFS file system
135 This is disabled in RHEL kernel for no real reason, so we enable
136 it as requested by users (bug #64)
138 - enable apple HFS and HFSPLUS
140 This is disabled in RHEL kernel for no real reason, so we enable
141 it as requested by users
143 - enable CONFIG_BRIDGE=y
145 Else we get warnings on boot, that
146 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables is an unknown key
148 - disable CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING
150 To avoid problems with multicasting. Various users reported
151 multipath problems, which can be avoided by turning off IGMP
154 - use 'deadline' as default scheduler
156 This is the suggested setting for KVM. We also measure bad fsync
157 performance with ext4 and cfq.
159 - set CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
161 because if not set, it can give some dynamic memory or cpu frequencies
162 change, and vms can crash (mainly windows guest).
164 see http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/18238-Windows-7-x64-VMs-crashing-randomly-during-process-termination?p=93273#post93273
166 Testing final kernel with kvm
167 -----------------------------
169 kvm -kernel data/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-6-pve -initrd initrd.img-2.6.32-6-pve -append "vga=791 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr splash=silent" /dev/zero