Kernel

The following kernel related features and functionalities are deprecated in Oracle Linux 8.

rdma-rxe Driver

Software Remote Direct Memory Access over Converged Ethernet (Soft-RoCE), or RXE, emulates RDMA. Because of instability issues, this driver is now deprecated.

Linux firewire Subsystems and Associated User Space Components

The firewire subsystem provides interfaces to use and maintain any resources on the IEEE 1394 bus. This subsystem is deprecated in the kernel package and likewise, associated user space components that are provided by the libavc1394, libdc1394, and libram1394 packages.

crash-ptdump-command Package

The crash-ptdump-command package is a ptdump extension module for the crash utility. The package isn't maintained upstream and is deprecated in this Oracle Linux 8 release.