xen-ia64-guest-firmware enhancement update

Advisory:	RHEA-2007:0702-2
Type:	Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2007-11-20
Last updated on:	2007-11-20
Affected Products:	RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

A new xen-ia64-guest-firmware package which adds emulated NVRAM support is
now available.

The xen-ia64-guest-firmware package provides fully-virtualized ia64 xen
guests with virtual EFI firmware, required for booting a fully-virtualized
guest.

This update includes support for emulated NVRAM support, which makes
fully-virtualized ia64 xen guests behave more like a bare-metal ia64 system
with respect to boot configuration.

All ia64 xen users are advised to install this enhanced package.

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xen-ia64-guest-firmware-1.0.11-1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0448	`f23c69ff97010e32a3929d229e08e880`

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

Keywords

efi, firmware, ia64, itanium, xen

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