1) Customer Name:
Goldman Sachs

2) Nature Of Problem:
Lockups are a constant pain for the firm in RHEL 4/5

3) Business Requirements Satisfied By Request:
Lockups will be more managable and appear the same against all hardware. There is also an X depending on whether it's a soft or hard lockup.

4) Functional Requirements That Are Not Presently Possible:
Use the new lockup detector

5) What Will Success Look Like:
new lockup detector merged 

http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1005.3/00216.html


6) Desired Release Vehicle:
6.2

7) Request Meets The RHEL Inclusion Criteria:
Yes

8) Affected Packages:
kernel

9) Sales Sponsor:
ssajer

10) Rh Business Opportunity With Customer:
GS is one of our largest FSI customers and there is always potential to grow that business.

11) Status And Risk To Contract If Not Satisfied:
very small

12) If this request is vendor specific, has the customer engaged the partner as well?:
Not Applicable