1. Feature name: IA-32 Execution Layer new version V7 2. Description: V7, the latest version of IA-32 EL, will be released at the end of this year. More details about IA-32 EL V7 features will be updated later a. Architectures: 64-bit Itanium2 b. Bugzilla Dependencies: c. Drivers or hardware dependencies: no d. Upstream acceptance information: N/A e. External links: N/A f. Severity (U,H,M,L): g. Target Release Date: N/A 3. Business Justification: a. Why is this feature needed? Better support for running IA-32 application on Itanium machine. b. What hardware does this enable? Intel Itanium 2 processor c. Forecast, impact on revenue? High end platform d. Any configuration info? no e. Are there other dependencies (drivers). no 4. Primary contact at Red Hat, email, phone (chat) keve.a.gabbert 5. Primary contact at Partner, email, phone (chat) xiaolan.huang, 86-21-61166170
Feature of IA-32 Execution Layer new version V7 a. Support latest system call b. Support SSE4.1 instructions c. Performance improvement: icc-built applications 5%INT, 10%FP, SMC code 10%, system call 10%, gcc-built applications 4%INT 18%FP d. Bug fix improve compatibility and robustness of the product
Created attachment 327403 [details] ia32el v7 package - 7042/7022 IA-32 EL V7 package
Petr, Do you need any assistance from Intel on getting this submitted by the 29-Jan-2009 deadline?
I'll take a look at it this week. If everything goes as usual, no assistance will be necessary.
is everything going well ??
Packages were built and the erratum filed.
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Xiaolan, will your team do testing for IA32 EL on RHEL 5.4 release candidates?
sure, the validation is in progress. I will return to you as soon as it finishes.
Hi Chris, Jane, We just finished the validation and there're no regression in it. Thanks a lot for your help. - Xiaolan
(In reply to comment #16) > Hi Chris, Jane, > We just finished the validation and there're no regression in it. Thanks a lot > for your help. > > - Xiaolan Xiaolan, thanks for the update. Please set "Intel" of the "Verified" field if you think this bug can be verified, while keep the "Status" field unchanged. (This is Red Hat new partner bug verification process. fyi. :) )
Thanks a lot for the hard work and early testing Intel! Very glad to hear everything is looking good.
Adaora, Can you have your team test this package and report results in this BZ? Thanks! Ron
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: New release of Intel IA-32 Execution Layer comes with support for latest system calls, support for SSE 4.1 instructions, bug fixes and performance improvements.
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An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1271.html