Bug 401271

Summary:	XEN kernel support packages not yet present in 4.6
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Cluster Suite	Reporter:	Rob Kenna <rkenna>
Component:	GFS-kernel	Assignee:	Don Domingo <ddomingo>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Cluster QE <mspqa-list>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	4	CC:	cfeist, pkennedy
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	4.6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Blocks:	384851

Description Rob Kenna 2007-11-27 16:28:00 UTC

The kernel modules for GFS, DLM, and GNBD in support of XEN (virtualization)
guests are not yet present.  They are tested and will be provided shortly after
the general release of GFS support of a 4.6 XEN guest.

Comment 1 Don Domingo 2007-11-28 00:56:58 UTC

thanks Rob, revised as follows:

<quote>
The kernel modules for GFS, DLM, and GNBD used to support virtualization guests
are not yet present in this release. They will be available shortly after GFS
becomes fully supported on virtualized Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 guests.
</quote>

please advise if any further revisions are required. thanks!

Comment 2 Don Domingo 2007-11-28 01:08:39 UTC

by the way, how are these kernel modules going to be "made available"? are they
going to be part of a z-stream release? please advise. thanks!

Comment 3 Rob Kenna 2007-11-29 00:00:12 UTC

This will be provided via RHN

Comment 4 Don Domingo 2007-11-29 04:44:59 UTC

thanks, revising as follows:

<quote>
The kernel modules for GFS, DLM, and GNBD used to support virtualization guests
are not yet present in this release. They will be released via Red Hat Network
after GFS becomes fully supported on virtualized Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6
guests.
</quote>

Comment 5 Paul Kennedy 2008-01-18 21:55:33 UTC

It appears that this content is included in the release notes here:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/csgfs/release-notes/CS_4-RHEL4U6-relnotes.html