Enhancement Advisory ia32el enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2006:0415-18
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-08-09
Last updated on: 2006-08-09
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated ia32el packages with new versions of ia32el are now available.

The ia32el package contains the IA-32 Execution Layer platform, which
allows emulation of IA-32 binaries on Itanium.

This update contains a new version of the ia32el platform. It improves the
performance of certain types of applications, due to the following features:
- support for SSE-3 instructions
- support for DAZ (Denormal As Zero) bit in control register MXCSR, which
was introduced with SSE-2 instructions
- performance improvements (5% spec int, 12% spec floating point)
- mixed mode execution (works with BEA JRockit), improves performance of
Java applications.

Users of ia32el should upgrade to these updated packages.


Solution

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

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ia32el-1.6-10.EL4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0170
    a20e5c1fafb078af3c672c9f0af9fedd
ia32el-1.6-10.EL4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0170
    a20e5c1fafb078af3c672c9f0af9fedd
ia32el-1.6-10.EL4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0170
    a20e5c1fafb078af3c672c9f0af9fedd
 
IA-64:
ia32el-1.6-10.EL4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0170
    cdea1efdd4cf3ba12014d5d68d206f3c
ia32el-1.6-10.EL4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0170
    cdea1efdd4cf3ba12014d5d68d206f3c
ia32el-1.6-10.EL4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0170
    cdea1efdd4cf3ba12014d5d68d206f3c
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Keywords

i386, ia32el, ia64


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