Information contained below is supplemental information to help clarify or extend requirements defined by the specification.
A7.1 OS Kernel
The following table lists kernel versions included in specific Linux distributions that do not formally have a version greater than 2.6.17 but are deemed sufficient in meeting the Intel® Cluster Ready specification requirements.
| Kernel | Linux Distribution |
| 2.6.9-55.0.2.ELsmp 2.6.9-55.0.12.ELsmp |
CentOS 4.5 |
| 2.6.9-42.ELsmp | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 |
| 2.6.9-55.ELsmp | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 |
| 2.6.9-67.ELsmp | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 6 |
| 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 |
| 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1 |
| 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2 |
| 2.6.16.60-0.54.5-smp | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3 |