- include latest e1000e driver from intel/sourceforge
+- include latest Broadcom bnx2 drivers
+
+ * original file linux-7.8.56.zip contains
+ netxtreme2-7.8.56.tar.gz (added to repository)
+
+- include latest Adaptec aacraid driver
+
+ * http://download.adaptec.com/raid/aac/linux/aacraid-linux-src-1.2.1-30300.tgz
+
+- include latest megaraid_sas driver
+
+ * http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/MegaRAID%20Common%20Files/MR_Linux_Driver_6.601.06.00.tgz
+
+ (extract source file megaraid_sas-06.601.06.00-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
+
FIRMWARE:
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CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
-- disable CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED to avoid corosync startup errors
-
- disable module signatures (CONFIG_MODULE_SIG, CONFIG_CRYPTO_SIGNATURE)
- enable usbip (this is also enable on debian kernels)
CONFIG_USB_IP_VHCI_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_IP_HOST=m
-- enable IBM JFS file system
+- enable IBM JFS file system
This is disabled in RHEL kernel for no real reason, so we enable
it as requested by users (bug #64)
+- enable apple HFS and HFSPLUS
+
+ This is disabled in RHEL kernel for no real reason, so we enable
+ it as requested by users
+
- enable CONFIG_BRIDGE=y
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.
+
Testing final kernel with kvm
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