On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 16:03 -0400, Tim Burke wrote: > We were asked to pull together a list of hardware related changes in > RHEL5.3 for a customer call. Courtesy the managers on my crew (thanks > guys) here's what we pulled together. Thought it might be useful to > share this info more broadly as I can imagine it may be useful for > release notes or other 5.3 related collateral. Not claiming this is a > comprehensive list, but its a start. > > > Hardware Related Changes in RHEL5.3 > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Anaconda: > BZ 184648 > Build Linux distribution such that it can be installed from a CD or DVD that is > via SCSI/FCP directly attached a zSeries. > > BZ 261101 > We let you blink the NIC lights so you can identify which one you're using > > BZ 444820 > Add niu driver to RHEL5.X distributions. The Sun platforms CP3220 has builtin > 10Gbps Ethernet networking device which requires the niu driver to enable the HW > > > BZ 439438 (this actually hit 5.2 but they re-requested) > Add the cxgb3 driver to installer and initrd so that the Chelsio 10Gb RNIC adapter becomes a > bootable device on i/p6 servers. > > Plus we're adding encrypted root filesystem support. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Kernel > > Source code to support AMD IOMMU hardware, (RD890 chipset), will be > added to the kernel. There will be a kernel config option to build the > IOMMU support into RHEL 5.3, but the code path will not be enabled by > default. Users will need to specify a kernel parameter to enable the > new code. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > User space packages > > edac-utils: a bug fix, not new HW enablement (bug 440253) > cpuspeed: (bug 438835 (FEAT RHEL5.3: compile powenow-k8 as a lodable module)) > > Changes to the Wacom tablet input device: linuxwacom, wacomexpresskeys, wdaemon > > We're doing a rebase of lm_sensors which will add a considerable amount > of support for newer chipsets. See details at the end of this writeup. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > gcc/glibc - (still need to pull in this info) > -------------------------------------------------------------- > lm_sensors detail: > > lm-sensors-2.10.0 - lm_sensors-2.10.7 adds support for: > > library: > - Add dme1737 support > - Add applesmc support > - Add abituguru3 support > - Add f71882fg support > - Add w83627ehf support (for Linux 2.4) > - Add support for the w83627ehf VID function > - Add support for the w83627ehf thermal sensor types > - Add support for it87 fan4 and fan5 > - Add support for the SMSC LPC47M292 fans (prefix smsc47m2) > - Add support for the pc87247 driver (fans only) > - Add support for coretemp driver > - Add config-file scanner regression tests > - Add f71872f support > - Add w83627dhg support > - Add adm1029 support > - Add support for W83627EHF voltage inputs and alarms > - Add support for the smsc47m192 driver > - Add support for the IT8716F and IT8718F chips > - Add support for the W83793 chip (Yuan Mu) > > sensord: > - Add lm90, adm1032, lm99, lm86, max6657, adt7461 support > - Add lm85 support > - Add sch311x support > - Add support for adm1022 temp3 > - Add w83793 support > - Add lm87 support > - Add pc87247 support (fans only) > - Add vt1211 support > - Add w83627dhg support > - Add w83627ehf voltage support > - Add k8temp support > > sensors: > - Add sch311x support > - Add thmc50/adm1022 support > - Add dme1737 support > - Add applesmc support > - Add max6680 support > - Add abituguru3 support > - Add f71882fg support > - Add support for the w83627ehf VID function > - Add support for the w83627ehf thermal sensor types > - Add support for it87 fan4 and fan5 > - Add smsc47m2 support (fans) > - Add pc87247 support (fans only) > - Add f71872f support > - Add w83627dhg support > - Add adm1029 support > - Add smsc47m192 support > - Add abituguru support > - Add it8716 and it8718 support > - Add w83793 support (Yuan Mu) > > sensor-detect: > - Add SMSC SCH5127 detection > - Add National Semiconductor LM64 detection > - Add Asus F8000 detection > - Add Intel ICH10 (bus) detection > - Add Dallas DS1631 detection > - Add VIA C7 support > - Add Texas Instruments TMP401 detection > - Add SMSC LPC47B367-NC detection (no sensors) > - Add Intel Celeron 4xx and Penryn (CPU on 45nm) detection > - Add SMSC SCH5514D-NS detection (no sensors) > - Add Fintek F71858DG detection > - Add Fintek F81216D detection (no sensors) > - Add SMSC SCH5027D detection > - Add Winbond W83L786NR/NG/R/G detection > - Add Winbond W83L771W/G detection > - Add Intel Tolapai SMBus detection > - Add AMD K10 CPU sensor detection > - Add ATI SB700 detection > - Add Maxim MAX6680/MAX6681 detection > - Add IT8726F detection > - Add detection for non-standard SMSC Super-I/Os > - Add SMSC SCH5317 detection > - Add detection of many SMSC Super-I/O chips > - Add Fintek F71806FG and F71862FG detection > - Add Maxim MAX6655/MAX6656 detection > - Add Maxim MAX1668, MAX1805, MAX1989 detection > - Add VIA CX700 detection > - Add Dallas DS75 detection > - Add SMSC LPC47M292 detection > - Add nVidia MCP61 and MCP65 detection > - Add Nat. Semi. PC8347L Super-I/O detection > - Add SMSC SCH5504 Super-I/O detection (no sensors) > - Add SMSC DME1737 detection > - Add Fintek F71882FG and EPoX EP1308 detection > - Add Intel Core thermal sensor detection > - Add Intel ICH9 detection > - Add Maxim MAX6648/MAX6692 detection > - Add Andigilog chips detection > - Add Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor detection > - Add ATI SB600 detection > - Add ServerWorks HT-1000 SMBus detection > - Add ATI IXP200/300/400 SMBus detection > - Add Fintek F75363SG, F75111R/RG/N, F75121R, F75122R/RG, F75373S/SG, F75375S/SP, F75383S/M, F75384S/M, F75387SG/RG and F81218D detection > - Add Winbond W83793R/G and W83627DHG detection > - Add nForce4 MCP04, MCP51 and MCP55 detection > - Add AMD Geode devices detection > - Add ITE IT8716F and IT8718F detection > - Add NatSemi/Winbond PC87427 detection > - Add Intel ICH8 SMBus detection > - Add AMD K8 thermal sensors detection > - Add Analog Devices ADM1033, ADM1034, ADT7462, ADT7466, ADT7470, ADT7473 and ADT7475 detection > - Add VT8237A and VT8251 > - Add generic PCI SMBus adapter detection > - Add generic Super-I/O logical device detection > - Add SMSC LPC47M172/182 detection > --------------------------------------------------------------