       Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Update 7 Release Notes (x86 Edition)

   Copyright (c) 2005 Red Hat, Inc.

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Introduction

   The following topics are covered in this document:

     o Changes to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program
       (Anaconda)

     o General information

     o Changes to drivers and hardware support

     o Changes to packages

Changes to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Program (Anaconda)

   The following section includes information specific to the Red Hat
   Enterprise Linux installation program, Anaconda.

  Note

   In order to upgrade an already-installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
   system to Update 7, you must use Red Hat Network to update those packages
   that have changed. The use of Anaconda to upgrade to Update 7 is not
   supported.

   Use Anaconda only to perform a fresh install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
   2.1 Update 7.

General Information

   This section contains general information not specific to any other
   section of this document.

     o When running with client authentication activated (ssl on), nss_ldap
       requires that the hostname in the ldap.conf configuration file matches
       the value of the Certificate cn field; otherwise, it will silently
       fail.

Changes to Drivers and Hardware Support

   This update includes bug fixes for a number of drivers. The more
   significant driver updates are listed below. In some cases, the original
   driver has been preserved under a different name, and is available as a
   non-default alternative for organizations that wish to migrate their
   driver configuration to the latest versions at a later time.

  Note

   The migration to the latest drivers should be completed before the next
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux update is applied, because in most cases only one
   older-revision driver will be preserved for each update.

   These release notes also indicate which older-revision drivers have been
   removed from this kernel update. These drivers have the base driver name
   with the revision digits appended; for example, megaraid_2002.o. You must
   remove these drivers from /etc/modules.conf before installing this kernel
   update.

   Keep in mind that the only definitive way to determine what drivers are
   being used is to review the contents of /etc/modules.conf. Use of the
   lsmod command is not a substitute for examining this file.

   Qlogic Fibre Channel (qla2xxx driver)

     o The qla2100, qla2200, and qla2300 drivers have been updated to version
       7.01.01-RH1

     o Two older versions of these drivers, v6.04.01 and v5.31.RH1, are
       preserved in the drivers/addon/ directory

       Note that the QLA2100 adapter is out of production and is no longer
       supported by Qlogic or Red Hat.

   Broadcom Cryptonet (bcm5820 driver)

     o the bcm5820 driver has been updated to version 1.81

     o The older version of this driver, v1.17, is preserved as
       drivers/crypto/bcm_old/bcm5820_old.o

   LSI Logic MPT Fusion (mpt* drivers)

     o The mpt* drivers have been updated from version 2.05.16 to 2.05.16.02

   Compaq SA53xx Controllers (cciss driver)

     o the cciss driver has been updated from version 2.4.52 to 2.4.54.RH1

Changes to Packages

   This section contains listings of packages that have been updated, added,
   and removed from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 as part of Update 7.

  Note

   These package lists include packages from all variants of Red Hat
   Enterprise Linux 2.1. Your system may not include every one of the
   packages listed here.

   The following packages have been updated as part of Red Hat Enterprise
   Linux 2.1 Update 7:

     o amanda

     o amanda-client

     o amanda-devel

     o amanda-server

     o arts

     o chkconfig

     o dialog

     o emacs

     o emacs-el

     o emacs-leim

     o emacs-nox

     o emacs-X11

     o enscript

     o ethereal

     o ethereal-gnome

     o fam

     o fam-devel

     o fam-devel

     o gd

     o gd-devel

     o gd-progs

     o glibc

     o glibc-common

     o glibc-devel

     o glibc-profile

     o gmc

     o imap

     o imap-devel

     o imlib

     o imlib-cfgeditor

     o imlib-devel

     o initscripts

     o kdebase

     o kdebase-devel

     o kdelibs

     o kdelibs-devel

     o kdelibs-sound

     o kdelibs-sound-devel

     o kdenetwork

     o kdenetwork-ppp

     o kernel

     o kernel-BOOT

     o kernel-debug

     o kernel-doc

     o kernel-enterprise

     o kernel-headers

     o kernel-smp

     o kernel-source

     o kernel-summit

     o krb5-devel

     o krb5-libs

     o krb5-server

     o krb5-workstation

     o lesstif

     o lesstif-devel

     o libtiff

     o libtiff-devel

     o libxml

     o libxml-devel

     o logrotate

     o mailman

     o man-pages-ja

     o mc

     o mcserv

     o mod_python

     o mozilla

     o mozilla-chat

     o mozilla-devel

     o mozilla-dom-inspector

     o mozilla-js-debugger

     o mozilla-mail

     o mozilla-nspr

     o mozilla-nspr-devel

     o mozilla-nss

     o mozilla-nss-devel

     o mt-st

     o net-tools

     o nfs-utils

     o nscd

     o ntsysv

     o pam

     o pam-devel

     o perl-DBI

     o php

     o php-devel

     o php-imap

     o php-ldap

     o php-manual

     o php-mysql

     o php-odbc

     o php-pgsql

     o pine

     o postgresql

     o postgresql-contrib

     o postgresql-devel

     o postgresql-docs

     o postgresql-jdbc

     o postgresql-libs

     o postgresql-odbc

     o postgresql-perl

     o postgresql-python

     o postgresql-server

     o postgresql-tcl

     o postgresql-test

     o postgresql-tk

     o procps

     o procps-X11

     o psmisc

     o raidtools

     o rpmdb-redhat

     o samba

     o samba-client

     o samba-common

     o samba-swat

     o squid

     o sysstat

     o sysstat-isag

     o telnet

     o telnet-server

     o unarj

     o util-linux

     o vim-common

     o vim-enhanced

     o vim-minimal

     o vim-X11

     o xemacs

     o xemacs-el

     o xemacs-info

     o XFree86

     o XFree86-100dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-75dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-cyrillic-fonts

     o XFree86-devel

     o XFree86-doc

     o XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-libs

     o XFree86-tools

     o XFree86-twm

     o XFree86-xdm

     o XFree86-xf86cfg

     o XFree86-xfs

     o XFree86-Xnest

     o XFree86-Xvfb

     o xinitrc

     o xpdf

     o zip

   The following new packages have been added to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
   Update 7:

     o No new packages have been added.

   The following packages have been removed from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
   Update 7. Note that they will remain installed on existing Red Hat
   Enterprise Linux 2.1 systems being updated to Update 7, but will not be
   present during a fresh installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Update
   7:

     o No packages have been removed.
