kernel-ml
Kernel-ml for Enterprise Linux 7.The kernel-ml packages are built from the sources available from the "mainline stable" branch of The Linux Kernel Archives
. The kernel configuration is based upon the default RHEL-7 configuration with added functionality enabled as appropriate. The packages are intentionally named kernel-ml so as not to conflict with the RHEL-7 kernels and, as such, they may be installed and updated alongside the regular kernel.To install kernel-ml you will need elrepo-release-7.0-1.el7.elrepo (or newer). Run:
yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml
You can also Download manually from http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el7/
(Or from one of our mirror sites, if one is more conveniently located closer to you.)
There is no need to install the kernel-ml-headers package. It is only necessary if you intend to rebuild glibc and, thus, the entire operating system. If there is a need to have the kernel headers installed, you should use the current distributed kernel-headers package as that is related to the current version of glibc.
Notes
These packages are provided 'As-Is' with no implied warranty or support. Using the kernel-ml may expose your system to security, performance and/or data corruption issues. Since timely updates may not be available from the ELRepo Project, the end user has the ultimate responsibility for deciding whether to continue using the kernel-ml packages in regular service.If a bug is found when using these kernels, the end user is encouraged to report it upstream to the Linux Kernel Bug Tracker
and, for our reference, to the ELRepo bug tracker. By taking such action, the reporter will be assisting the kernel developers, Red Hat and the Open Source Community as a whole.Kernel-ml for Enterprise Linux 6.
The kernel-ml packages are built from the sources available from the "mainline stable" branch of The Linux Kernel Archives
. The kernel configuration is based upon the default RHEL-6 configuration with added functionality enabled as appropriate. The packages are intentionally named kernel-ml so as not to conflict with the RHEL-6 kernels and, as such, they may be installed and updated alongside the regular kernel.To install kernel-ml you will need elrepo-release-6-4.el6.elrepo (or newer). Run:
yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml
You can also Download manually from http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el6/
(Or from one of our mirror sites, if one is more conveniently located closer to you.)
There is no need to install the kernel-ml-firmware package. There are more firmware files contained within the distro package than in the kernel-ml-firmware package.
There is no need to install the kernel-ml-headers package. It is only necessary if you intend to rebuild glibc and, thus, the entire operating system. If there is a need to have the kernel headers installed, you should use the current distributed kernel-headers package as that is related to the current version of glibc.
Notes
These packages are provided 'As-Is' with no implied warranty or support. Using the kernel-ml may expose your system to security, performance and/or data corruption issues. Since timely updates may not be available from the ELRepo Project, the end user has the ultimate responsibility for deciding whether to continue using the kernel-ml packages in regular service.If a bug is found when using these kernels, the end user is encouraged to report it upstream to the Linux Kernel Bug Tracker
and, for our reference, to the ELRepo bug tracker. By taking such action, the reporter will be assisting the kernel developers, Red Hat and the Open Source Community as a whole.Known Issues
(1) As of kernel-ml-3.10.5-1.el6.elrepo, kernel-ml installed as a KVM guest will panic upon booting (FATAL: Module scsi_wait_scan not found error). This is because virtio_blkis not in the initramfs. More details can be found in:http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=401
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60758
A workaround is to rebuild initramfs with a "--add-drivers virtio_blk" option. For example:
dracut --add-drivers virtio_blk -f /boot/initramfs-3.10.5-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.img 3.10.5-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64
(2) As of kernel-ml-3.12.2-1.el6.elrepo, the userland process acpid will fail. This was caused by a change in the upstream kernel source which dropped support for the acpid-1 interface, as used by RHEL-6. See the following links for more details:
http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=435
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66681
Users of the kernel-ml package are encouraged to install the acpid-2 package to restore system acpi functionality. (It is believed that the acpid-2 package will also work with the distribution kernel but this has not been fully verified.)
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