ipw3945-ucode enhancement update

Advisory:	RHEA-2007:0655-5
Type:	Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2007-11-20
Last updated on:	2007-11-20
Affected Products:	RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

An updated ipw3945-ucode package that updates the vendor-supplied
microcode is now available.

This package contains the firmware files required by the ipw3945 driver for
Linux.

An updated version of the vendor-supplied microcode for IP3945 WiFi
chipsets has been made available by the Intel Corporation.

All users of the IP3945 WiFi chipsets are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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 Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client)

IA-32:
ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`ca08a80c58e19582fdbb1383d9556bc4`

x86_64:
ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`ca08a80c58e19582fdbb1383d9556bc4`

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)

IA-32:
ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`ca08a80c58e19582fdbb1383d9556bc4`

IA-64:
ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`ca08a80c58e19582fdbb1383d9556bc4`

PPC:
ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`ca08a80c58e19582fdbb1383d9556bc4`

s390x:
ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`ca08a80c58e19582fdbb1383d9556bc4`

x86_64:
ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`ca08a80c58e19582fdbb1383d9556bc4`

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

Keywords

microcode,ipw3945,kmod

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