Abstract
panic_on_io_nmi Kernel Optionpanic_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.
unregister_lro_netdev
register_lro_netdev
libfc
libfcoe
cciss driver has been updated to the latest version, which adds support for Gen8 Snap IVB-EP servers with the new HP P430i 12GB Smart Array controller.
ui_repoid_vars setting with all variables in a given content set. The ui_repoid_vars setting is used to display Yum variables, which are used in the baseurl, name, and other fields of a Yum repository file.
report_package_profile = 0 setting in the /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf file.
/usr/share/doc/redhat-support-tool-version/ directory or the following Knowledge Base article: https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/445443.
fsfreeze command, provided by the util-linux package, is now fully supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10. fsfreeze suspends and resumes access to a file system. fsfreeze is intended to be used to temporarily suspend file system activity, allowing a consistent snapshot to be created. For more information, refer to the fsfreeze(8) man page.
libitm library and a new libatomic library, is now included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9, libitm was a separate package that included the libitm library. The libitm package is now deprecated and replaced by the gcc-libraries package.