Chapter 3 Shipped Kernels

Oracle Linux 7.8 for the x86_64 platform ships with the following kernel packages:

kernel-3.10.0-1127.el7

Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK).

kernel-uek-4.14.35-1902.300.11.el7uek

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Update 3 (UEK R5U3), which is the default kernel.

Oracle Linux 7.8 is tested as a bundle, as shipped on the installation media image. When installed from the installation media image, the minimum kernel version that is supported is the kernel that is included in the image. Downgrading kernel packages is not supported, unless otherwise recommended by Oracle Support.

Note

Although the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 (UEK R6) is not included on the installation media image, you can install it from the Oracle Linux yum server or the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN). For more information about UEK R6, see Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel: Release Notes for Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6.

Previous UEK releases, such as UEK R4, can also be installed from the Oracle Linux yum server or ULN.

The kernel source code for the shipped kernel is available after the initial release through a public git source code repository at https://github.com/oracle/linux-uek.

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