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Release Notes for Oracle Linux 6.10
E96232-07
March 2021
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1 New Features and Changes
- 1.1 ARPUPDATE option for ifcfg-* files
- 1.2 iptables-services Package Includes Support for /etc/sysctl.d
- 1.3 Red Hat Compatible Kernel Driver Updates
- 1.4 Retpoline Support Added to GCC
- 1.5 Shipped Kernels
- 1.6 Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2
- 1.7 Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4
- 1.8 Information About Feature Changes Introduced in Previous Oracle Linux 6 Updates
- 1.9 Removing RHCK From a System
- 1.10 Technology Preview Features
- 2 Fixed and Known Issues
- 2.1 Fixed Issues
- 2.2 Known Issues
- 2.2.1 Kdump fails on Oracle Server X7-2L SAN boot installation
- 2.2.2 Installation on an Aura7 NVMe device fails
- 2.2.3 Requirement for installing Oracle Linux 6.10 with UEFI support
- 2.2.4 Installer does not display Network Devices screen when installing with iSCSI enabled
- 2.2.5 Kickstart installation fails on multipath device when the ignoredisk --only-use option is used
- 2.2.6 Btrfs file system issues on UEK
- 2.2.7 Btrfs: Unable to replay log after snapshot is deleted and parent directory fsynced
- 2.2.8 Btrfs: Empty symbolic link after fsync of parent directory
- 2.2.9 Btrfs: Incorrect directory entries after fsync log replay
- 2.2.10 Btrfs: File loss on log replay after renaming file and running fsync
- 2.2.11 Btrfs: Kernel oops when unmounting during a quota rescan or disable
- 2.2.12 Btrfs, ext4, and XFS: kernel panic when freeze and unfreeze operations are performed on multiple threads
- 2.2.13 mkfs.ext4 does not support the documented -f option
- 2.2.14 XFS: Kernel panic in the multi-block buffer logging code
- 2.2.15 OFED iSER target login fails from an initiator on Oracle Linux 6
- 2.2.16 Kernel panic when booting into RHCK on a Btrfs root partition
- 2.2.17 DTrace Issues
- 2.2.18 Linux Containers Changes
- 2.2.19 avahi-daemon fails to start with UEK R2
- 2.2.20 Console appears to hang when booting
- 2.2.21 Default reverse path filtering mode affects certain Oracle products
- 2.2.22 Error message following first reboot on an HP ProLiant server
- 2.2.23 ext4: Inline data feature not available for UEK
- 2.2.24 xfsprogs 3.2.0 user space tool not supported on RHCK
- 2.2.25 gcc-libraries package replaced
- 2.2.26 Intel TCO watchdog timer messages
- 2.2.27 Mellanox ConnectX driver support
- 2.2.28 Oracle VM 3.0 guests crash during Oracle Database installation
- 2.2.29 Oracle VM 3.3.1 32-bit guests panic on UEK R2
- 2.2.30 Support for PV drivers in an HVM guest
- 2.2.31 RHCK panics when ext4 file system defragmented
- 2.2.32 Default sched_yield() settings for the Completely Fair Scheduler
- 2.2.33 Setting the serial console in an HV guest
- 2.2.34 Support for large memory 32-bit systems
- 2.2.35 Unable to register an Oracle Linux guest with ULN
- 2.2.36 Unable to register with ULN on first reboot after installing Oracle Linux 6
- 2.2.37 Booting from SAN installation fails using multipath on Pure Storage FlashArray
- 3 Upgrading to Oracle Linux 6.10
- 4 Oracle-Supported OFED Packages
- A Package Changes from the Upstream Release
- A.1 Changes to Binary Packages
- A.1.1 Added Binary Packages by Oracle (i386)
- A.1.2 Added Binary Packages by Oracle (x86_64)
- A.1.3 Modified Binary Packages (i386)
- A.1.4 Modified Binary Packages (x86_64)
- A.1.5 Modified Optional Binary Packages (i386)
- A.1.6 Modified Optional Binary Packages (x86_64)
- A.1.7 Removed Binary Packages (i386)
- A.1.8 Removed Binary Packages (x86_64)
- A.2 Changes to Source Packages