Enhancement Advisory hwdata enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2007:0697-3
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-11-15
Last updated on: 2007-11-15
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated hwdata package is available that updates the PCI and USB
description tables.

The hwdata package contains tools for accessing and displaying hardware
identification and configuration data.

The updated hwdata package adds the following enhancements:

* updated the pci.ids database used by lspci that match numeric IDs to
descriptive names.

* enhances detection of several Intel network cards.

* suppresses error messages when lsusb is run.

Users of hwdata should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
these issues.


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

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    a1868a49ecbdd5c612fe41ff45f85fb5
 
IA-32:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
x86_64:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    a1868a49ecbdd5c612fe41ff45f85fb5
 
IA-32:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
IA-64:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
PPC:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
s390:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
s390x:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
x86_64:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    a1868a49ecbdd5c612fe41ff45f85fb5
 
IA-32:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
IA-64:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
x86_64:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    a1868a49ecbdd5c612fe41ff45f85fb5
 
IA-32:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
IA-64:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
x86_64:
hwdata-0.146.33.EL-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0765
    46f9223e04a5b4dcd224984fdab628eb
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

206415 - Use e1000 driver for those cards


Keywords

pci.ids, pcitables, update


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