For instructions about OpenVZ kernel installation, see Quick installation.
Contents
Changes
- First release of 2.6.24-based OpenVZ kernel.
- Based on mainline 2.6.24.3 kernel.
- Port to part of net namespaces infrastructure from mainline.
- CPT is back and working (modulo bugs).
- Fair scheduler was dropped, mainline scheduler is used.
For the complete list of changes in this release, see git changelog for kernel v2.6.24-ovz002.2.
Configs
Based on Fedora's config with small tweaks:
- CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=n
- CONFIG_SECURITY=n
- CONFIG_GRKERNSEC=y
RPMS
You need only one kernel RPM so please choose the appropriate one depending on your hardware:
- On an x86 (i686) PC with more than 4 GB of RAM, use the
kernel-PAERPM. - Otherwise, use the plain kernel RPM (
kernel).
For more info, see Kernel flavors.
x86 (i686, IA32)
| File | Size |
|---|---|
| kernel-2.6.24-ovz002.2.i686.rpm | 24 Mb |
| kernel-debug-2.6.24-ovz002.2.i686.rpm | 24 Mb |
| kernel-PAE-2.6.24-ovz002.2.i686.rpm | 24 Mb |
| kernel-PAE-debug-2.6.24-ovz002.2.i686.rpm | 24 Mb |
x86_64 (AMD64, EM64T)
| File | Size |
|---|---|
| kernel-2.6.24-ovz002.2.x86_64.rpm | 24 Mb |
| kernel-debug-2.6.24-ovz002.2.x86_64.rpm | 24 Mb |
IA64 (Itanium)
- RPMS will be provided in future releases.
PPC64
- RPMS will be provided in future releases.
SPARC
- SPARC support will be provided in future releases.
Source RPM
| File | Size |
|---|---|
| kernel-2.6.24-ovz002.2.src.rpm | 45 Mb |
| kernel-2.6.24-ovz002.2.nosrc.rpm | 991 Kb |
| kernel-ovz.spec | 16 Kb |
Kernel patch
This patch is applicable to vanilla Linux 2.6.24 kernel (not 2.6.24.x), which is available from kernel.org.
| File | Size |
|---|---|
| patch-ovz002.2-combined.gz | 750 Kb |
Configs
Official configs of this OpenVZ kernel used to build binary RPMS.
| File | Size |
|---|---|
| kernel-2.6.24-i686.config.ovz | 80 Kb |
| kernel-2.6.24-i686-PAE.config.ovz | 80 Kb |
| kernel-2.6.24-x86_64.config.ovz | 74 Kb |