release-notes/devel/en_US Kernel.xml,1.27,1.28

[Marc Wiriadisastra (mwiriadi)]

Author: mwiriadi

Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv31570

Modified Files:
	Kernel.xml 
Log Message:
Kernel updated




Index: Kernel.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Kernel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.27
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -r1.27 -r1.28
--- Kernel.xml	4 Nov 2007 22:55:12 -0000	1.27
+++ Kernel.xml	17 Mar 2008 13:18:31 -0000	1.28
@@ -4,17 +4,9 @@
 <section id="sn-Kernel">
   <title>Linux Kernel</title>
 
-  <tip>
-    <title>Latest Release Notes on the Web</title>
-    <para>
-      These release notes may be updated. Visit <ulink
-	url='http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/'>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/</ulink> 
-      to view the latest release notes for Fedora.</para>
-  </tip>
-
   <para>
     This section covers changes and important information regarding the
-    2.6.23 based kernel in Fedora 8. The 2.6.23 kernel includes:
+    2.6.24 based kernel in Fedora 9. The 2.6.24 kernel includes:
   </para>
 
   <itemizedlist>
@@ -28,6 +20,11 @@
       <para>Some elements of the realtime kernel project.</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
+      <para>The kernel has a new version naming scheme to more 
+      closely match the upstream version naming scheme.
+      </para>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>The kernel spec file is now named
 	<filename>kernel.spec</filename> rather than
 	<filename>kernel-2.6.spec</filename>.</para>
@@ -39,13 +36,26 @@
 	further information.</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>The kernel in Fedora 8 no longer loads modules by default
+      <para>The kernel in Fedora 9 no longer loads modules by default
 	for ISA sound cards. Load the module by hand using the command
 	<command>modprobe module-name</command>, or put an entry in
 	<filename>/etc/modprobe.conf</filename>. For example, for the
 	Creative SoundBlaster AWE64, add the following entry:</para>
       <screen><![CDATA[install snd-sbawe]]></screen>
     </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+    <para>The Fedora kernel offers <filename>paravirt_ops</filename> 
+    support in <filename>domU</filename>, as part of the kernel team's 
+    efforts to reduce the work required to produce current Xen kernels.
+    </para>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+    <para>
+    <application>Xen</application> fully virtualized guests can directly 
+    boot a kernel and initrd image and pass kernel boot args. For more 
+    details refer to <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenFullvirtKernelBoot." />
+    </para>
+    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <section id="sn-Version">
@@ -58,7 +68,7 @@
       web site:
     </para>
     <para>
-      <ulink url='http://www.kernel.org/'>http://www.kernel.org/</ulink>
+      <ulink url='http://www.kernel.org/' />
     </para>
     <para>
       To obtain a list of these patches, download the source RPM package
@@ -78,21 +88,21 @@
 ]]></screen>
     <para>
       If you need a user friendly version of the changelog, refer to
-      <ulink url='http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges'>http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges</ulink>.
+      <ulink url='http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges' />.
       A short and full diff of the kernel is available from
-      <ulink url='http://kernel.org/git'>http://kernel.org/git</ulink>.
+      <ulink url='http://kernel.org/git' />.
       The Fedora version kernel is based on the Linus tree.
     </para>
     <para>
       Customizations made for the Fedora version are available from <ulink
-	url='http://cvs.fedoraproject.org'>http://cvs.fedoraproject.org</ulink>.
+	url='http://cvs.fedoraproject.org' />.
     </para>
       </section>
 
   <section id="sn-Kernel-Flavors">
     <title>Kernel Flavors</title>
     <para>
-      Fedora 8 includes the following kernel builds:
+      Fedora 9 includes the following kernel builds:
     </para>
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
@@ -154,22 +164,10 @@
     </note>
   </section>
 
-  <section id="sn-Reporting-Bugs">
-    <title>Reporting Bugs</title>
-    <para>
-      Refer to
-      <ulink url='http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html'>http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html</ulink>
-      for information on reporting bugs in the Linux kernel. You may
-      also use
-      <ulink url='http://bugzilla.redhat.com'>http://bugzilla.redhat.com</ulink>
-      for reporting bugs that are specific to Fedora.
-    </para>
-  </section>
-
   <section id="sn-Preparing-for-Kernel-Development">
     <title>Preparing for Kernel Development</title>
     <para>
-      Fedora 8 does not include the <package>kernel-source</package> package
+      Fedora 9 does not include the <package>kernel-source</package> package
       provided by older versions since only the <package>kernel-devel</package>
       package is required now to build external modules. Configured sources are
       available, as described <xref linkend="sn-Kernel-Flavors"/>.
@@ -181,4 +179,16 @@
 	  url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel"/>.</para>
     </important>
   </section>
+  
+  <section id="sn-Reporting-Bugs">
+    <title>Reporting Bugs</title>
+    <para>
+      Refer to
+      <ulink url='http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html' />
+      for information on reporting bugs in the Linux kernel. You may
+      also use
+      <ulink url='http://bugzilla.redhat.com' />
+      for reporting bugs that are specific to Fedora.
+    </para>
+  </section>
 </section>