Download/kernel/2.6.18/028stab056.1

Warning: This kernel branch is currently frozen. Essentially that means it is neither maintained nor supported, could contain security vulnerabilities and other bugs, and generally should not be used. Please check the list of supported kernel branches at Download/kernel page.

Below you can find the change log and downloads for the latest version of 2.6.18 kernel.

Kernel branch 2.6.18
Based on	vanilla 2.6.18
Status	stable, frozen, not maintained
Latest	028stab056.1
Archives	2.6.18
Git repo	linux-2.6.18-openvz

Changes

Update up to 028stab056.1 of the RHEL5 branch, which includes:

• improved CFQ scheduler (single reader case and hopefully the performance)
• CPT migration from 2.6.9 fixes
• IPv6 numerous races wrt device un-registration
• TCP accounting stuck near the limit (git high load case)
• binfms_misc virtualization
• other fixes

For the complete list of changes in this release, see git changelog for kernel v2.6.18-028stab056.1.

Config changes

Same as 028stab053.14, plus:

• Changed:
  • CONFIG_INET6_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT=m (was y)
  • CONFIG_INET6_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL=m (was y)
• Removed:
  • -CONFIG_UBC_DEBUG (was y)
  • -CONFIG_UBC_DEBUG_KMEM (was y)

Compatibility

• no new issues

RPMS

You need only one kernel RPM so please choose the appropriate one depending on your hardware:

• If your x86 (i686, IA32) machine has more than 4 GB of RAM, choose kernel-enterprise RPM.
• If your x86 (i686, IA32) or x86_64 (AMD64, EM64T) machine has more than one CPU (or a CPU with hyperthreading), choose kernel-smp RPM.
• Otherwise, use the plain kernel RPM (i.e. kernel).

For more info, see Kernel flavors.

x86 (i686, IA32)

File	Size
kernel-2.6.18-ovz028stab056.1.i686.rpm	12 Mb
kernel-smp-2.6.18-ovz028stab056.1.i686.rpm	13 Mb
kernel-enterprise-2.6.18-ovz028stab056.1.i686.rpm	13 Mb

IA64 (Itanium)

File	Size
kernel-2.6.18-ovz028stab056.1.ia64.rpm	20 Mb

x86_64 (AMD64, EM64T)

File	Size
kernel-2.6.18-ovz028stab056.1.x86_64.rpm	12 Mb
kernel-smp-2.6.18-ovz028stab056.1.x86_64.rpm	12 Mb

SPARC

SPARC support is available in source form only. Please download the patch below and recompile the kernel. More info about kernel recompiling is available at Kernel build#Rebuilding kernel from sources.

Source RPM

File	Size
kernel-2.6.18-ovz028stab056.1.src.rpm	41 Mb
kernel-2.6.18-ovz028stab056.1.nosrc.rpm	1 Mb
kernel-ovz.spec	22 Kb

Kernel patch

This patch is applicable to vanilla Linux 2.6.18 kernel (not to 2.6.18.y), available from kernel.org.

File	Size
patch-ovz028stab056.1-combined.gz	1 Mb

Configs

Official configs of this OpenVZ kernel used to build binary RPMS.

File	Size
kernel-2.6.18-i686-enterprise.config.ovz	38 Kb
kernel-2.6.18-i686-smp.config.ovz	38 Kb
kernel-2.6.18-i686.config.ovz	38 Kb
kernel-2.6.18-ia64.config.ovz	35 Kb
kernel-2.6.18-ppc64.config.ovz	35 Kb
kernel-2.6.18-x86_64-smp.config.ovz	35 Kb
kernel-2.6.18-x86_64.config.ovz	35 Kb

Archives

For other 2.6.18 kernel releases, see download/kernel/2.6.18/Archives.

For other kernel branches, see download/kernel.

Kernel branches
Stable	Testing / Beta	Old
RHEL6	RHEL6 testing	RHEL5 • RHEL4 • 2.6.32 • 2.6.27 • 2.6.26 • 2.6.24 • 2.6.22 • 2.6.20 • 2.6.18 • 2.6.16 • FC5 • SLES10 • 2.6.8
Versions of 2.6.18 kernel
028stab056.1 028stab053.14 028stab053.5 028stab053.4 028stab051.1 028stab049.1 028stab047.1 028stab045.1 028stab039.1 028stab035.1 028stab033.1 028stab031.1 028stab027.1 028stab023.1 028stab021.1 028test018.1 028test015.1 028test010.1 028test007.1 028test005.1 028test003.1 028test002.1