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| − | ==Linux Kernel==</pre>
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| − | This section covers changes and important information regarding the {{Template:DocsDict/KernelVer}}
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| − | based kernel in Fedora {{Template:DocsDict/BeatsVer}}
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| − | . The {{Template:DocsDict/KernelVer}}
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| − | kernel includes:
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| − | * Tickless support for x86 64bit systems (32 bit was added previously), which greatly improves power management.
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| − | * Some elements of the realtime kernel project.
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| − | * The kernel has a new version naming scheme to more closely match the upstream version naming scheme.
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| − | * The kernel spec file is now named <code>kernel.spec</code> rather than <code>kernel-2.6.spec</code>.
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| − | * The kernel spec file has new macros that ease the kernel building process. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel for further information.
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| − | * The kernel in Fedora {{Template:DocsDict/BeatsVer}}
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| − | no longer loads modules by default for ISA sound cards. Load the module by hand using the command <code>modprobe module-name</code>, or put an entry in <code>/etc/modprobe.conf</code>. For example, for the Creative SoundBlaster AWE64, add the following entry:
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| − | <pre>install snd-sbawe
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| − | * The Fedora kernel offers <code>paravirt_ops</code> support in <code>domU</code>, as part of the kernel team's efforts to reduce the work required to produce current Xen kernels.
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| − | * Xen fully virtualized guests can directly boot a kernel and <code>initrd</code> image and pass kernel boot args. For more details refer to [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenFullvirtKernelBoot] .
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| − | === Version ===
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| − | Fedora may include additional patches to the kernel for improvements, bug fixes, or additional features. For this reason, the Fedora kernel may not be line-for-line equivalent to the so-called ''vanilla kernel'' from the kernel.org web site:
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| − | http://www.kernel.org/
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| − | To obtain a list of these patches, download the source RPM package and run the following command against it:
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| − | <pre>rpm -qpl kernel-<version>.src.rpm
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| − | === Changelog ===
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| − | To retrieve a log of changes to the package, run the following command:
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| − | <pre>rpm -q --changelog kernel-<version>
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| − | If you need a user friendly version of the changelog, refer to http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges. A short and full diff of the kernel is available from http://kernel.org/git. The Fedora version kernel is based on the Linus tree.
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| − | Customizations made for the Fedora version are available from http://cvs.fedoraproject.org .
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| − | === Kernel Flavors ===
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| − | {{Anchor|Kernel_Flavors}}
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| − | Fedora {{Template:DocsDict/BeatsVer}}
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| − | * Native kernel, for use in most systems. Configured sources are available in the <code>kernel-devel</code> package.
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| − | * The kernel-PAE, for use in 32-bit x86 systems with more than 4GB of RAM, or with CPUs that have a NX (No eXecute) feature. This kernel support both uniprocessor and multi-processor systems. Configured sources are available in the <code>kernel-PAE-devel</code> package.
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| − | * Virtualization kernel for use with the Xen emulator package. Configured sources are available in the <code>kernel-xen-devel</code> package.
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| − | You may install kernel headers for all four kernel flavors at the same time. The files are installed in the <code>/usr/src/kernels/<version>[-PAE|-xen|-kdump] -<arch>/</code> tree. Use the following command:
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| − | <pre>su -c 'yum install kernel{,-PAE,-xen,-kdump}-devel'
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| − | Select one or more of these flavors, separated by commas and no spaces, as appropriate. Enter the root password when prompted.
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| − | Admonition("note","x86 Kernel Includes Kdump","Both the x86_64 and the i686 kernels are relocatable, so they no longer require a separate kernel for kdump capability. PPC64 still requires a separate kdump kernel.")
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| − | Admonition("note","Default Kernel Provides SMP","There is no separate SMP kernel available for Fedora on i386, x86_64, and ppc64. Multiprocessor support is provided by the native kernel.")
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| − | Admonition("note", "PowerPC Kernel Support", "There is no support for Xen or kdump for the PowerPC architecture in Fedora. 32-bit PowerPC does still have a separate SMP kernel.")
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| − | === Preparing for Kernel Development ===
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| − | Fedora {{Template:DocsDict/BeatsVer}}
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| − | does not include the kernel-source package provided by older versions since only the kernel-devel package is required now to build external modules. Configured sources are available, as described [#Kernel_Flavors above] .
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| − | Admonition("important", "Custom Kernel Building", "For information on kernel development and working with custom kernels, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel.")
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| − | === Reporting Bugs ===
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| − | Refer to http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html for information on reporting bugs in the Linux kernel. You may also use http://bugzilla.redhat.com for reporting bugs that are specific to Fedora.
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