Re: Last Linux Kernel version certified

> There is nothing like "certified kernel". Certification for Oracle
> database is done on level of distributions (commercial ones) and not
> on kernel level. So for Oracle 9.2.0.4 is certified as OS platform
> RedHat Advanced Server 2.1 (example) and not 2.4.x kernel that is
> included in.

Yes, Oracle doesnt "certify Kernels", only distros, but it does support **only** certain kernels, in the event your distro needs the kernel upgraded for whatever reason(other software, hardware needs).

For example, below is the list of supported Kernels for 2.1:

The following table details the currently supported Red Hat Advanced Server kernel versions. If the version of the kernel shown by uname is not listed then you are running an unsupported kernel. Anyway the errata (-eXX) on kernel for Advanced Server provided by RedHat are supported by Oracle. However, Oracle recommends use of RedHat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 with kernel errata 2.4.9-e.12 or higher. In case of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) the supported kernel is 2.4.21-4.EL

or higher    Name                    Release Date -----------------   
   ----------------------------- 2.4.9-e.3 		Fri May 3 17:02:43 EDT
2002 2.4.9-e.3smp		Fri May 3 16:48:54 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.3enterprise	Fri
May 3 16:35:33 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.3summit 	Fri May 3 16:22:16 EDT 2002
2.4.9-e.5		Thu Jun 27 11:49:56 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.5smp		Thu Jun 27
11:38:49 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.5enterprise	Thu Jun 27 11:28:16 EDT 2002
2.4.9-e.5summit 	Thu Jun 27 11:18:08 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.8		Fri Jul 19
15:49:04 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.8smp		Fri Jul 19 15:38:30 EDT 2002
2.4.9-e.8enterprise	Fri Jul 19 15:27:35 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.8summit 	Fri
Jul 19 15:17:42 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.9		Tue Oct 15 13:21:53 EDT 2002
2.4.9-e.9smp		Tue Oct 15 13:07:17 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.9enterprise	Tue Oct
15 12:55:46 EDT 2002 2.4.9-e.9summit 	Tue Oct 15 12:44:49 EDT 2002
2.4.9-e.10		Thu Nov 14 11:09:11 EST 2002 2.4.9-e.10smp		Thu Nov 14
10:55:16 EST 2002 2.4.9-e.10enterprise	Thu Nov 14 10:28:55 EST 2002
2.4.9-e.10summit 	Thu Nov 14 10:03:01 EST 2002 2.4.9-e.12             
Tue Feb 11 03:12:29 EST 2003 2.4.9-e.12smp           Tue Feb 11
02:24:10 EST 2003 2.4.9-e.12enterprise    Tue Feb 11 01:29:18 EST 2003
2.4.9-e.12summit 	Tue Feb 11 00:25:20 EST 2003 2.4.9-e.16             
Mon Mar 17 17:14:18 EST 2003 2.4.9-e.16smp           Mon Mar 17
16:55:45 EST 2003 2.4.9-e.16enterprise    Mon Mar 17 16:37:14 EST 2003
2.4.9-e.16summit 	Mon Mar 17 16:11:58 EST 2003 2.4.9-e.24      	Tue
May 27 16:15:51 EDT 2003 2.4.9-e.24smp   	Tue May 27 16:07:39 EDT 2003
2.4.9-e.24enterprise    Tue May 27 15:59:23 EDT 2003 2.4.9-e.24summit 
      Tue May 27 15:51:38 EDT 2003 2.4.9-e.25 		Fri Jun 6 18:27:21 EDT
2003  2.4.9-e.25smp 		Fri Jun 6 18:11:40 EDT 2003 2.4.9-e.25enterprise
   Fri Jun 6 17:55:13 EDT 2003 2.4.9-e.25summit 	Fri Jun 6 17:29:49
EDT 2003 2.4.9-e.27              Tue Aug 5 15:59:55 EDT 2003
2.4.9-e.27smp           Tue Aug 5 15:49:54 EDT 2003
2.4.9-e.27enterprise    Tue Aug 5 15:39:21 EDT 2003 2.4.9-e.27summit  
     Tue Aug 5 15:25:20 EDT 2003