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