From 2b64453adbfdf715542b0b4274ed13e6f2a444da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Dowideit Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 16:52:07 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] add RHEL6 kernel version, and a 3.8 hint to the binaries doc Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Sven Dowideit (github: SvenDowideit) --- docs/sources/installation/binaries.rst | 3 +++ docs/sources/installation/rhel.rst | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/binaries.rst b/docs/sources/installation/binaries.rst index ae548e7657..7ba8c596ef 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/binaries.rst +++ b/docs/sources/installation/binaries.rst @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Check kernel dependencies Docker in daemon mode has specific kernel requirements. For details, check your distribution in :ref:`installation_list`. +In general, a 3.8 Linux kernel (or higher) is preferred, as some of the +prior versions have known issues that are triggered by Docker. + Note that Docker also has a client mode, which can run on virtually any Linux kernel (it even builds on OSX!). diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/rhel.rst b/docs/sources/installation/rhel.rst index 7930da6309..151fba6f1f 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/rhel.rst +++ b/docs/sources/installation/rhel.rst @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ for the RHEL distribution. Also note that due to the current Docker limitations, Docker is able to run only on the **64 bit** architecture. +You will need `RHEL 6.5`_ or higher, with a RHEL 6 kernel version 2.6.32-431 or higher +as this has specific kernel fixes to allow Docker to work. + Installation ------------ @@ -78,4 +81,5 @@ If you have any issues - please report them directly in the `Red Hat Bugzilla fo .. _EPEL installation instructions: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F .. _Red Hat Bugzilla for docker-io component : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora%20EPEL&component=docker-io .. _bug report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043676 +.. _RHEL 6.5: https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/3078#RHEL6