xen-ia64-guest-firmware bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2008:0448-2
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-07-14
Last updated on:	2008-07-14
Affected Products:	RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

An updated xen-ia64-guest-firmware package that fixes a bug is now
available.

The xen-ia64-guest-firmware package provides fully virtualized Itanium(R)
guests with virtual EFI firmware, which is required for booting a fully
virtualized guest.

If 14GB of memory was assigned to a Microsoft Windows guest, the guest was
unable to boot. In this updated package, Microsoft Windows guests with more
than 14GB of memory boot correctly.

Users of xen-ia64-guest-firmware are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)

IA-64:
xen-ia64-guest-firmware-1.0.13-1.ia64.rpm	`d8a4a7b2209cd5c7f5e820c6ae3b0ba1`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

435169 - IA64 Xen VTI Windows domain can not boot up with >14G memory

Keywords

efi, firmware, ia64, itanium, xen

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