Enhancement Advisory kernel-utils enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2008:1039-2
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-01-14
Last updated on: 2009-01-14
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.7.z)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.7.z)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An enhanced kernel-utils package is now available.

The kernel-utils package provides several kernel-related utilities,
including cpuspeed, which handles processor frequency-scaling support.

This updated kernel-utils package adds an enhancement in the way of proper
support for user-space frequency-scaling on multi-core systems.

Users of kernel-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
adds 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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    4c1647cdbb33d2384e82ca704b37fe6b
 
IA-32:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    7e3a0a919dd7bed85d9b64afefc96782
 
x86_64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    5da01abc45cc723288a1ac1d9725139e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    4c1647cdbb33d2384e82ca704b37fe6b
 
IA-32:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    7e3a0a919dd7bed85d9b64afefc96782
 
IA-64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    2b1a1f5ec160ee76fd583778f5456440
 
PPC:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    c87f10086afc9651e0bd46280f233115
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    7f525a2f0d43d2a55dbee348d3679bda
 
s390:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    b3aff1c9b36e511ba18a3d451553cb05
 
s390x:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    d03ead5e5f7e7672b6f7eb8f7fae9b91
 
x86_64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    5da01abc45cc723288a1ac1d9725139e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.7.z)

SRPMS:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    4c1647cdbb33d2384e82ca704b37fe6b
 
IA-32:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.i386.rpm     7e3a0a919dd7bed85d9b64afefc96782
 
IA-64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.ia64.rpm     2b1a1f5ec160ee76fd583778f5456440
 
PPC:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.ppc.rpm     c87f10086afc9651e0bd46280f233115
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.ppc64.rpm     7f525a2f0d43d2a55dbee348d3679bda
 
s390:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.s390.rpm     b3aff1c9b36e511ba18a3d451553cb05
 
s390x:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.s390x.rpm     d03ead5e5f7e7672b6f7eb8f7fae9b91
 
x86_64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.x86_64.rpm     5da01abc45cc723288a1ac1d9725139e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    4c1647cdbb33d2384e82ca704b37fe6b
 
IA-32:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    7e3a0a919dd7bed85d9b64afefc96782
 
IA-64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    2b1a1f5ec160ee76fd583778f5456440
 
x86_64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    5da01abc45cc723288a1ac1d9725139e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.7.z)

SRPMS:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    4c1647cdbb33d2384e82ca704b37fe6b
 
IA-32:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.i386.rpm     7e3a0a919dd7bed85d9b64afefc96782
 
IA-64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.ia64.rpm     2b1a1f5ec160ee76fd583778f5456440
 
x86_64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.x86_64.rpm     5da01abc45cc723288a1ac1d9725139e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    4c1647cdbb33d2384e82ca704b37fe6b
 
IA-32:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    7e3a0a919dd7bed85d9b64afefc96782
 
IA-64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    2b1a1f5ec160ee76fd583778f5456440
 
x86_64:
kernel-utils-2.4-14.1.117.2.1.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2009:1586
    5da01abc45cc723288a1ac1d9725139e
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

467194 - cpu scaling issue with RHEL4u6 and ibm X3n50 series machines


Keywords

cpufreq, cpuspeed, multi-core


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