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Distribution hints

Introduction

The "Development Stream" pages will be updated occasionally with descriptions of features already integrated into upstream kernel and also patches with descriptions for functionality soon to be submitted for upstream integration.

The contributions from the Linux on System z development team to Linux on System z distribution releases (mostly retrofits from the "Development Stream") will be documented on these "Distribution Hints" pages shortly after the distribution release are generally available. Besides documenting bugfixes, the focus for these hints will be on mapping the new features in the distributions against the "Development Stream" documentation.

Please refer to IBM tested Linux environments to see the IBM support for your distribution.

Hints for SUSE distributions

New documentation for SLES11 SP2 - refer to the SLES11 SP2 documentation page for new/updated documentation tailored for SLES11 SP2.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

Refer to Documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for the following manuals:
- Device Drivers, Features, and Commands
- Dump Tools
- Kernel Messages
tailored to SLES11 SP2 and for links to applicable 'Development stream' documentation.
The information from the 'Development stream' Technical Details and Restrictions pages might provide information that is useful when working with SLES11 SP2.
For IBM support for SLES11 (covering SLES11 SP2) refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

Refer to Documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for the following manuals:
- Device Drivers, Features, and Commands
- Dump Tools
- Kernel Messages
tailored to SLES11 SP1 and for links to applicable 'Development stream' documentation.
The information from the 'Development stream' Technical Details and Restrictions pages might provide information that is useful when working with SLES11 SP1.
For IBM support for SLES11 (covering SLES11 SP1) refer to IBM tested Linux environments.
Note that an experimental technology study "Integrating Applications with Linux on zEnterprise" is available here for SLES11 SP1.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

Refer to Documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for the 'Device Drivers, Features, and Commands' manual tailored to SLES11 and applicable 'Development stream' documentation.
The information from the "Development stream" Technical Details and Restrictions pages might provide information that is useful when working with SLES11.
For IBM support for SLES11 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Documentation for Linux on System z functionality which was integrated into SLES10 releases can be found in the "October 2005 Stream" documentation.
For How-to documentation on Web 2.0 refer to Web 2.0 with SLES10 SP2.
For IBM support for SLES10 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

Documentation for Linux on System z functionality which was integrated into SLES9 releases can be found in the "April 2004 Stream" documentation.
For IBM support for SLES9 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

Hints for Red Hat distributions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4

Refer to Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 for the 'Device Drivers, Features, and Commands' and 'Using the Dump Tools' manuals tailored to RHEL6.4 and applicable 'Development stream' documentation.
The information from the "Development stream" Technical details and Restrictions pages might provide information that is useful when working with RHEL6.4.
For IBM support for RHEL6.4 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3

Refer to Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 for the 'Device Drivers, Features, and Commands' and 'Using the Dump Tools' manuals tailored to RHEL6.3 and applicable 'Development stream' documentation.
The information from the "Development stream" Technical details and Restrictions pages might provide information that is useful when working with RHEL6.3.
For IBM support for RHEL6.3 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2

Refer to Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 for the 'Device Drivers, Features, and Commands' manual tailored to RHEL6.2 and applicable 'Development stream' documentation.
The information from the "Development stream" Technical details and Restrictions pages might provide information that is useful when working with RHEL6.2.
For IBM support for RHEL6.2 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

Refer to Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 for the 'Device Drivers, Features, and Commands' and 'Using the Dump Tools' manuals tailored to RHEL6.1 and applicable 'Development stream' documentation.
The information from the "Development stream" Technical details and Restrictions pages might provide information that is useful when working with RHEL6.1.
For IBM support for RHEL6.1 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.
Note that an experimental technology study "Integrating Applications with Linux on zEnterprise" is available here for RHEL6.1.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Refer to Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for the 'Device Drivers, Features, and Commands' and 'Using the Dump Tools' manuals tailored to RHEL6 and applicable 'Development stream' documentation..
The information from the "Development stream" Technical details and Restrictions pages might provide information that is useful when working with RHEL.
For IBM support for RHEL6 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Documentation for Linux on System z functionality which was integrated into RHEL5 releases can be found in the "October 2005 Stream" documentation.
For How-to documentation on Web 2.0 refer to Web 2.0 with RHEL5.2 and RHEL5.3.
For IBM support for RHEL5 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Documentation for Linux on System z functionality which was integrated into RHEL4 releases can be found in the "April 2004 Stream" documentation.
For IBM support for RHEL4 refer to IBM tested Linux environments.

Contact the IBM team

If you want to contact the Linux on System z IBM team refer to the Contact the Linux on System z IBM team page.