- we use bootsplash to display the boot logo.
+- include latest stable OVS openvswitch.ko module
+
- include latest AoE driver (http://support.coraid.com/support/linux)
- include latest ixgbe driver from intel/sourceforge
- include latest e1000e driver from intel/sourceforge
-- include latest Broadcom bnx2 drivers
+- include latest Broadcom bnx2 drivers: http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/
- * original file linux-7.4.27.zip contains
- netxtreme2-7.4.27.tar.gz (added to repository)
+ * original file Linux_Source_34xx_84xx_7.14.05.zip contains
+ netxtreme2-7.14.05.tar.gz (added to repository)
- include latest Adaptec aacraid driver
+ * http://download.adaptec.com/raid/aac/linux/aacraid-linux-src-1.2.1-50667.tgz
+
+- include latest megaraid_sas driver
+
+ * http://www.lsi.com/support/pages/download-search.aspx
+ * download "6.703.11.00-2_MR Linux_Driver.zip"
+
+ (extract source file megaraid_sas-06.703.11.00-src.tar.gz)
+
+- include Highpoint RocketRAID 272X driver
+
+ * http://www.highpoint-tech.com/BIOS_Driver/rr272x_1x/linux_1.5/RR272x_1x-Linux-Src-v1.5-130325-0732.tar.gz
+
+- include latest ARECA RAID drivers
+
+ * http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_linux/linux.htm
+
+- include native OpenZFS filesystem kernel modules for Linux
+
+ * https://github.com/zfsonlinux/
+
+ For licensing questions, see:
+
+ http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Talk:FAQ
+ http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue
+ http://lwn.net/Articles/215085/
+ http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems.zfs.user/18418
+
+- include latest HPSA driver (HP Smart Array)
+
+ * http://sourceforge.net/projects/cciss/
+
+
FIRMWARE:
=========
Else we get warnings on boot, that
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables is an unknown key
+- disable CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING
+
+ To avoid problems with multicasting. Various users reported
+ multipath problems, which can be avoided by turning off IGMP
+ snooping.
+
+- use 'deadline' as default scheduler
+
+ This is the suggested setting for KVM. We also measure bad fsync
+ performance with ext4 and cfq.
+
+- set CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
+
+ because if not set, it can give some dynamic memory or cpu frequencies
+ change, and vms can crash (mainly windows guest).
+
+ see http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/18238-Windows-7-x64-VMs-crashing-randomly-during-process-termination?p=93273#post93273
+
Testing final kernel with kvm
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