Chapter 1. Kernel
New panic_on_io_nmi
Kernel Option
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 kernel includes a new
panic_on_io_nmi
option (configured via the /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_io_nmi
file). This option allows users to press the hardware or virtual Non Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button, which acts as an I/O error and triggers a crash where otherwise no crash would occur. This can be used in cases when the system is unresponsive and does not accept any commands.
Added kABI Symbols
The following kABI symbols have been added to the kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10:
unregister_lro_netdev
register_lro_netdev
libfc
libfcoe
These symbols allow Large Receive Offload to be disabled by the kernel stack.