Scientific Linux: New Virtio Package Release for KVM Performance Boost

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:50:44 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: ERRATA new: virtio on SL3.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	new package: virtio
Issue date:	2009-09-09

New virtio packages, which provide para-virtualized drivers for
fully-virtualized instances of Scientific Linux 3.0.9 running on KVM
are now available.

The virtio packages provide para-virtualized drivers for KVM
fully-virtualized Linux guests.

The para-virtualized drivers for KVM guests consist of five modules:
virtio, virtio_blk, virtio_net, virtio_pci and virtio_ring. All five
modules are loaded in case you need both block and network devices drivers.

Para-virtualized drivers increase the performance of block and network
devices. These drivers are part of version 2.6 of the Linux kernel and
have been backported to version 2.4 of the Linux kernel with the help of
the official backport suite. (BZ#485437)

Users wanting improved network and block device performance in
fully-virtualized instances of Scientific Linux 3.0.9 running on KVM
should install these new packages.

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
virtio-0.1-16.el3.src.rpm
 i386:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm
kmod-virtio-hugemem-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.athlon.rpm
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.ia32e.rpm
kmod-virtio-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm
kmod-virtio-smp-0.1-16.el3.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson