update to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab113.12.src.rpm

[pve-kernel-2.6.32.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 671532fec80c005c2bdadca0041f1b1b1eb84597..64fd354be35cd5f54f31e9d6398818a810f06f6c 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Additional/Updated Modules:
 
 - 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
@@ -19,17 +21,45 @@ Additional/Updated Modules:
 
 - include latest e1000e driver from intel/sourceforge
 
-- include update for ARECA RAID cards
+- include latest Broadcom bnx2 drivers: http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/
+
+  * original file linux-7.11.05.zip contains
+    netxtreme2-7.11.05.tar.gz (added to repository)
+
+- include latest Adaptec aacraid driver
+
+  * http://download.adaptec.com/raid/aac/linux/aacraid-linux-src-1.2.1-40700.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
 
-  * ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/AP_Drivers/Linux/DRIVER/SourceCode/arcmsr.1.20.0X.15-110330.zip
+- include latest HPSA driver (HP Smart Array)
 
-- include latest broadcom bnx2 drivers
-        
-  * original file linux-6.2.23.zip contains
-    netxtreme2-6.2.23.tar.gz (added to repository)
+  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/cciss/
 
-  NOTE: we do not install the bnx2x driver, because it does not compile
-  with recent kernels
 
 FIRMWARE:
 =========
@@ -67,8 +97,6 @@ PATCHES:
   of bridge device, then address won't change. So we could omit
   that patch, requiring to set hwaddress in /etc/network/interfaces.
 
- SCSI-aacraid-Add-PMC-Sierra-SRC-based-controller.patch: aacraid update
-
 
 Additional information
 ----------------------
@@ -94,6 +122,46 @@ see config-2.6.32.diff
         CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
         CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
 
+- disable module signatures (CONFIG_MODULE_SIG, CONFIG_CRYPTO_SIGNATURE)
+ 
+- enable usbip (this is also enable on debian kernels)
+ 
+        CONFIG_USB_IP_COMMON=m
+        CONFIG_USB_IP_VHCI_HCD=m
+        CONFIG_USB_IP_HOST=m
+
+- 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.
+
+- 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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