Oracle has released the third feature update for the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R7, which is being developed for use in the distribution. Oracle Linux as an alternative to the standard kernel package from Red Hat Enterprise LinuxThe kernel is available for the x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. The kernel source code, including a breakdown of individual patches, is published in Oracle's public Git repository.
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7 is based on the kernel Linux 5.15, featuring optimizations, fixes, and new features such as DTrace integration and improved Btrfs support. The kernel has been tested for compatibility with most applications running on RHEL and is specifically optimized for use with industrial Oracle software and hardware. Installation and src packages with the UEK R7U3 kernel are prepared for Oracle Linux 8.x and 9.x.
Major changes:
- В server and the NFS client has support for encrypting connections using TLS (RFC 9289), which helps protect traffic from interception analysis.
- Updated drivers for:
- NVIDIA ConnectX, Microsoft Azure and Broadcom BCM573xx network adapters;
- Fiber Channel HBA Broadcom Emulex and Marvell QLogic;
- Broadcom MegaRAID, MPI3 and MPT Fusion SAS controllers.
- Declared obsolete:
- NFSv2(CONFIG_NFS_V2, CONFIG_NFSD_V2);
- NFSv3 over UDP (CONFIG_NFS_DISABLE_UDP_SUPPORT);
- building the kernel in CONFIG_STAGING mode;
- efivars sysfs(CONFIG_EFI_VARS);
- 3DES/DES3 RPCSEC GSS (CONFIG_RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5_ENCTYPES_DES);
- Intel PRO/10GbE (CONFIG_IXGB);
- parameter CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_CLUSTERIP;
- Firewire driver (CONFIG_FIREWIRE);
- option "crashkernel=auto";
- modules cls_tcindex, cls_rsvp, sch_dsmark, sch_atm and sch_cbq.
Source: opennet.ru
