hwdata enhancement update

Advisory:	RHEA-2008:0331-5
Type:	Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-05-21
Last updated on:	2008-05-21
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

An updated hwdata package that adds enhancements is now available.

The hwdata package contains tools for accessing and displaying hardware
identification and configuration data, such as the pci.ids and MonitorsDB
databases.

This updated package adds the following enhancements:

* the following monitors have been added to the MonitorsDB database: EIZO
FlexScan L568, HP TFT5600, Acer AL1916W, Samsung SyncMaster 931BF, 795DF,
205BW, 206BW, 225BW, and 226BW.

* the NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 has been added to the pci.ids database.

Users of hwdata are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds
these enhancements.

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 Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5.src.rpm	`c8650a218681e4dd6e6df15c465b0373`

IA-32:
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`af01a3abc61cec686926b4bb4db0028c`

IA-64:
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`af01a3abc61cec686926b4bb4db0028c`

PPC:
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`af01a3abc61cec686926b4bb4db0028c`

s390x:
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`af01a3abc61cec686926b4bb4db0028c`

x86_64:
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`af01a3abc61cec686926b4bb4db0028c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5.src.rpm	`c8650a218681e4dd6e6df15c465b0373`

IA-32:
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`af01a3abc61cec686926b4bb4db0028c`

x86_64:
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5.noarch.rpm	`af01a3abc61cec686926b4bb4db0028c`

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

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

198011 - Missing device info in lspci in rhel5a1
252962 - We need SB800 pci.ids file updated in RHEL5.2

Keywords

pci.ids, pcitables, update

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