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5.2 Technical Notes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Detailed notes on the changes implemented in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
Abstract
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Technical Notes list and document the changes made to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system and its accompanying applications between Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 and minor release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2.
This document is a record of all package changes since the last minor update of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
1. Added Packages
- dapl-2.0.7-2.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
Library providing access to the DAT 1.2 and 2.0 APIs
- Description:
libdat and libdapl provide a userspace implementation of the DAT 1.2 and 2.0 API that is built to natively support InfiniBand/iWARP network technology.
- dstat-0.6.6-3.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Base
- Summary:
Versatile resource statistics tool
- Description:
Dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat, netstat and ifstat. Dstat overcomes some of their limitations and adds some extra features, more counters and flexibility. Dstat is handy for monitoring systems during performance tuning tests, benchmarks or troubleshooting. Dstat allows you to view all of your system resources instantly, you can eg. compare disk usage in combination with interrupts from your IDE controller, or compare the network bandwidth numbers directly with the disk throughput (in the same interval). Dstat gives you detailed selective information in columns and clearly indicates in what magnitude and unit the output is displayed. Less confusion, less mistakes.
- ecryptfs-utils-41-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Base
- Summary:
The eCryptfs mount helper and support libraries
- Description:
eCryptfs is a stacked cryptographic filesystem that ships in the Linux kernel. This package provides the mount helper and supporting libraries to perform key management and mount functions. Install ecryptfs-utils if you would like to mount eCryptfs.
- freeipmi-0.5.1-5.el5
- Group:
Applications/System
- Summary:
FreeIPMI
- Description:
The FreeIPMI project provides "Remote-Console" (out-of-band) and "System Management Software" (in-band) based on Intelligent Platform Management Interface specification. This package contains a Technology Preview for FreeIPMI. Please visit http://www.redhat.com/support/service/ for details on the Red Hat support policies.
- gtk-vnc-0.3.2-3.el5
- Group:
Development/Libraries
- Summary:
A GTK widget for VNC clients
- Description:
gtk-vnc is a VNC viewer widget for GTK. It is built using coroutines allowing it to be completely asynchronous while remaining single threaded.
- ibsim-0.4-2.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
InfiniBand fabric simulator for management
- Description:
ibsim provides simulation of infiniband fabric for using with OFA OpenSM, diagnostic and management tools.
- infiniband-diags-1.3.6-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand Diagnostic Tools
- Description:
This package provides IB diagnostic programs and scripts needed to diagnose an IB subnet.
- isns-utils-0.91-0.1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Daemons
- Summary:
The iSNS daemon and utility programs
- Description:
The iSNS package contains the daemon and tools to setup a iSNS server, and iSNS client tools. The Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) protocol allows automated discovery, management and configuration of iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices (using iFCP gateways) on a TCP/IP network.
- libcxgb3-1.1.4-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
Chelsio T3 iWARP HCA Userspace Driver
- Description:
Userspace hardware driver for use with the libibverbs InfiniBand/iWARP verbs library. This driver enables Chelsio iWARP capable ethernet devices.
- libehca-1.2-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
IBM InfiniBand HCA Userspace Driver
- Description:
IBM hardware driver for use with libibverbs user space verbs access library.
- libibcm-1.0.2-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
Userspace InfiniBand Communication Manager.
- Description:
libibcm provides a userspace InfiniBand Communication Managment library.
- libibcommon-1.0.8-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand management common library
- Description:
libibcommon provides common utility functions for the OFA diagnostic and management tools.
- libibmad-1.1.6-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand MAD library
- Description:
libibmad provides low layer IB functions for use by the IB diagnostic and management programs. These include MAD, SA, SMP, and other basic IB functions.
- libibumad-1.1.7-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
OpenFabrics Alliance InfiniBand umad (user MAD) library
- Description:
libibumad provides the user MAD library functions which sit on top of the user MAD modules in the kernel. These are used by the IB diagnostic and management tools, including OpenSM.
- libibverbs-1.1.1-9.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
Library providing access to InfiniBand/iWARP hardware verbs protocol
- Description:
libibverbs is a library that allows userspace processes to use InfiniBand/iWARP "verbs" as described in the InfiniBand Architecture Specification. This includes direct hardware access for fast path operations. For this library to be useful, a device-specific plug-in module should also be installed.
- libipathverbs-1.1-10.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
QLogic InfiniPath HCA Userspace Driver
- Description:
QLogic hardware driver for use with libibverbs user space verbs access library. This driver supports QLogic InfiniPath based cards.
- libmlx4-1.0-3.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand HCA Userspace Driver
- Description:
Mellanox hardware driver for use with libibverbs user space verbs access library. This driver supports Mellanox ConnectX architecture cards.
- libmthca-1.0.4-9.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
Mellanox InfiniBand HCA Userspace Driver
- Description:
Mellanox hardware driver for use with libibverbs user space verbs access library. This driver supports Mellanox based Single Data Rate and Dual Data Rate cards, including those from Cisco, Topspin, and Voltaire. It does not support the Connect-X architecture based Quad Data Rate cards (libmlx4 handles that hardware).
- libnes-0.5-2.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
NetEffect RNIC Userspace Driver
- Description:
Userspace hardware driver for use with the libibverbs InfiniBand/iWARP verbs library. This driver enables NetEffect iWARP capable ethernet devices.
- librdmacm-1.0.7-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
Userspace RDMA Connection Manager.
- Description:
librdmacm provides a userspace RDMA Communication Managment API.
- libsdp-1.1.99-9.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
A library for direct userspace use of Sockets Direct Protocol
- Description:
libsdp is an LD_PRELOAD-able library that can be used to have existing applications use InfiniBand Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) instead of TCP sockets, transparently and without recompilation. For information on how to configure libsdp, see libsdp.conf, which is installed in $(sysconfdir) (usually /usr/local/etc or /etc).
- libsmi-0.4.5-2.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
A library to access SMI MIB information
- Description:
Libsmi is a C library to access MIB module information through a well defined API that hides the nasty details of locating and parsing SMIv1/v2 MIB modules. This package contains tools to check, dump, and convert MIB definitions and a steadily maintained and revised archive of all IETF and IANA maintained standard MIB modules.
- mpi-selector-1.0.0-2.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Base
- Summary:
Provides site-wide and per-user MPI implementation selection
- Description:
A simple tool that allows system administrators to set a site-wide default for which MPI implementation is to be used, but also allow users to set their own default MPI implementation, thereby overriding the site-wide default. The default can be changed easily via the mpi-selector command -- editing of shell startup files is not required.
- mstflint-1.3-1.el5
- Group:
Applications/System
- Summary:
Mellanox firmware burning tool
- Description:
This package contains a burning tool for Mellanox manufactured HCA cards. It also provides access to the relevant source code.
- nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-21.el5
- Group:
Networking/WWW
- Summary:
A compatibility layer for Netscape 4 plugins
- Description:
nspluginwrapper makes it possible to use Netscape 4 compatible plugins compiled for ppc into Mozilla for another architecture, e.g. x86_64. This package consists in: * npviewer: the plugin viewer * npwrapper.so: the browser-side plugin * mozilla-plugin-config: a tool to manage plugins installation and update
- ofed-docs-1.3-3.el5
- Group:
Documentation/Man
- Summary:
OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution documentation
- Description:
Documentation from OFED 1.3
- opensm-3.1.8-1.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Daemons
- Summary:
OpenIB InfiniBand Subnet Manager and management utilities
- Description:
OpenSM is the OpenIB project's Subnet Manager for Infiniband networks. The subnet manager is run as a system daemon on one of the machines in the infiniband fabric to manage the fabric's routing state. This package also contains various tools for diagnosing and testing Infiniband networks that can be used from any machine and do not need to be run on a machine running the opensm daemon.
- openswan-2.6.12-2.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Daemons
- Summary:
Openswan IPSEC implementation
- Description:
Openswan is a free implementation of IPSEC & IKE for Linux. IPSEC is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks. Everything passing through the untrusted net is encrypted by the ipsec gateway machine and decrypted by the gateway at the other end of the tunnel. The resulting tunnel is a virtual private network or VPN. This package contains the daemons and userland tools for setting up Openswan on a freeswan enabled kernel.
- perftest-1.2-10.el5
- Group:
Productivity/Networking/Diagnostic
- Summary:
IB Performance tests
- Description:
gen2 uverbs microbenchmarks
- pexpect-2.3-1.el5
- Group:
Development/Languages
- Summary:
Pure Python Expect-like module
- Description:
Pexpect is a pure Python module for spawning child applications; controlling them; and responding to expected patterns in their output. Pexpect works like Don Libes' Expect. Pexpect allows your script to spawn a child application and control it as if a human were typing commands. Pexpect can be used for automating interactive applications such as ssh, ftp, passwd, telnet, etc. It can be used to automate setup scripts for duplicating software package installations on different servers. And it can be used for automated software testing. Pexpect is in the spirit of Don Libes' Expect, but Pexpect is pure Python. Unlike other Expect-like modules for Python, Pexpect does not require TCL or Expect nor does it require C extensions to be compiled. It should work on any platform that supports the standard Python pty module.
- python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5
- Group:
Development/Libraries
- Summary:
Python Module for Accessing and Modifying Configuration Data in INI files
- Description:
iniparse is an INI parser for Python which is API compatible with the standard library's ConfigParser, preserves structure of INI files (order of sections & options, indentation, comments, and blank lines are preserved when data is updated), and is more convenient to use.
- python-setuptools-0.6c5-2.el5
- Group:
Development/Languages
- Summary:
Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages
- Description:
setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that allow you to more easily build and distribute Python packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages.
- qlvnictools-0.0.1-8.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Base
- Summary:
VNIC ULP service
- Description:
VNIC ULP service
- qperf-0.4.0-1.el5
- Group:
Networking/Diagnostic
- Summary:
Measure socket and RDMA performance
- Description:
Measure socket and RDMA performance.
- rsyslog-2.0.0-11.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Daemons
- Summary:
Enhanced system logging and kernel message trapping daemons
- Description:
Rsyslog is an enhanced multi-threaded syslogd supporting, among others, MySQL, syslog/tcp, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any message part, and fine grain output format control. It is quite compatible to stock sysklogd and can be used as a drop-in replacement. Its advanced features make it suitable for enterprise-class, encryption protected syslog relay chains while at the same time being very easy to setup for the novice user.
- setroubleshoot-plugins-2.0.4-2.el5
- Group:
Applications/System
- Summary:
Analysis plugins for use with setroubleshoot
- Description:
This package provides a set of analysis plugins for use with setroubleshoot. Each plugin has the capacity to analyze SELinux AVC data and system data to provide user friendly reports describing how to interpret SELinux AVC denials.
- srptools-0.0.4-2.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Base
- Summary:
Tools for using the InfiniBand SRP protocol devices
- Description:
In conjunction with the kernel ib_srp driver, srptools allows you to discover and use SCSI devices via the SCSI RDMA Protocol over InfiniBand.
- system-config-netboot-0.1.45.1-1.el5
- Group:
Applications/System
- Summary:
network booting/install configuration utility (GUI)
- Description:
system-config-netboot is a utility which allows you to configure diskless environments and network installations.
- tpm-tools-1.3.1-1.el5
- Group:
Applications/System
- Summary:
Management tools for the TPM hardware
- Description:
tpm-tools is a group of tools to manage and utilize the Trusted Computing Group's TPM hardware. TPM hardware can create, store and use RSA keys securely (without ever being exposed in memory), verify a platform's software state using cryptographic hashes and more.
- trousers-0.3.1-4.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Libraries
- Summary:
TCG's Software Stack v1.2
- Description:
TrouSerS is an implementation of the Trusted Computing Group's Software Stack (TSS) specification. You can use TrouSerS to write applications that make use of your TPM hardware. TPM hardware can create, store and use RSA keys securely (without ever being exposed in memory), verify a platform's software state using cryptographic hashes and more.
- tvflash-0.9.0-2.el5
- Group:
Applications/System
- Summary:
Tool to manage Mellanox HCA firmware flash memory
- Description:
tvflash is used to query and update the firmware flash memory attached to Mellanox InfiniBand HCAs.
- udftools-1.0.0b3-0.1.el5
- Group:
Applications/Archiving
- Summary:
Linux UDF Filesystem userspace utilities
- Description:
Linux UDF Filesystem userspace utilities.
- virt-viewer-0.0.2-2.el5
- Group:
Applications/System
- Summary:
Virtual Machine Viewer
- Description:
Virtual Machine Viewer provides a graphical console client for connecting to virtual machines. It uses the GTK-VNC widget to provide the display, and libvirt for looking up VNC server details.
- wdaemon-0.13-1
- Group:
User Interface/X Hardware Support
- Summary:
Hotplug helper for Wacom X.org driver
- Description:
Helper application which emulates persistent input devices for Wacom tablets so they can be plugged and unplugged while X.org server is running. This should go away as soon X.org properly supports hotplugging.
- xulrunner-1.9-0.beta5.6.el5
- Group:
Applications/Internet
- Summary:
XUL Runtime for Gecko Applications
- Description:
XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Gecko applications.
- yum-updatesd-0.9-2.el5
- Group:
System Environment/Base
- Summary:
Update notification daemon
- Description:
yum-updatesd provides a daemon which checks for available updates and can notify you when they are available via email, syslog or dbus.