Enhancement Advisory binutils enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2008:0758-2
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-07-24
Last updated on: 2008-07-24
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 binutils package that adds enhancements is now available.

Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable
code.

This update package adds the following enhancements:

* support for the CMPXCHG16B instruction has been added.

* support for the AMD SSE5 instruction set has been added.

Users of binutils 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 Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.src.rpm     2c4b1f2e61f0efb0ce95f51241cdbd37
 
IA-32:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.i386.rpm     9dd30e8bd5399526ee375e1e652358ef
 
x86_64:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.x86_64.rpm     4a10ebfb648daf63e860b29da148354e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.src.rpm     2c4b1f2e61f0efb0ce95f51241cdbd37
 
IA-32:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.i386.rpm     9dd30e8bd5399526ee375e1e652358ef
 
IA-64:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.ia64.rpm     a2ede99f70a8b6d73d55bfc7395a5edd
 
PPC:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.ppc.rpm     c6818febd2b7add5b46d5a61396e520a
 
s390:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.s390.rpm     e7356259509a6c0ed509f2af59ec3c1a
 
s390x:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.s390x.rpm     c04eaf49d9768212416167c84e1b1455
 
x86_64:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.x86_64.rpm     4a10ebfb648daf63e860b29da148354e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.src.rpm     2c4b1f2e61f0efb0ce95f51241cdbd37
 
IA-32:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.i386.rpm     9dd30e8bd5399526ee375e1e652358ef
 
IA-64:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.ia64.rpm     a2ede99f70a8b6d73d55bfc7395a5edd
 
x86_64:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.x86_64.rpm     4a10ebfb648daf63e860b29da148354e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.src.rpm     2c4b1f2e61f0efb0ce95f51241cdbd37
 
IA-32:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.i386.rpm     9dd30e8bd5399526ee375e1e652358ef
 
IA-64:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.ia64.rpm     a2ede99f70a8b6d73d55bfc7395a5edd
 
x86_64:
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.x86_64.rpm     4a10ebfb648daf63e860b29da148354e
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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