- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHEA-2009:0223 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
iwl4965-firmware enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update iwl4965 firmware package which adds an enhancement and fixes a
bug is now available.
Description
The irwl4965-firmware package provides the iwlagn wireless driver with the
firmware it requires in order to function correctly with iwlagn hardware.
This updated package provides the following enhancement:
- The iwlagn driver and the iwl4965 firmware work together to provide
proper wireless functionality. It is best to pair equivalent
versions of these components in order to provide maximum compatibility
between them, which this updated package provides.
As well, this updated package addresses the following bug:
- The epoch value for the irwl4965-firmware package had not been
incremented which meant a user was not able to upgrade to the latest
version as a user would be incorrectly told it was an older version than
they presently had. In this upgraded package the epoch has been incremented
so that a user can upgrade correctly.
Users of wireless devices using the iwl4965 driver are advised to upgrade
to this updated package, which adds this enhancement and corrects this bug.
Solution
Install the iwl4965-firmware package if your system is equipped with
iwl4965 hardware covered by the iwlagn driver.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 461166 - Update iwl4965-firmware package to latest one matching in-kernel driver
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
ia64 | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
i386 | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
i386 | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
i386 | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
s390x | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
ppc | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
i386 | |
iwl4965-firmware-228.57.2.21-2.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: d5f15b383a6094dc7041b130d9eb4150251263f7efd84ba5138f50141a218e31 |
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