Enhancement Advisory module-init-tools enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2009:1028-1
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
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 module-init-tools package that adds an enhancement is now available.

module-init-tools is a kernel-related package that provides utilities for
automatically loading and unloading drivers, as well as finding out about
drivers that are installed on a given Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.

This updated module-init-tools package provides an enhancement that enables
module parameters to be read automatically from the kernel command line in
the same fashion that built-in kernel modules are handled.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated module-init-tools package,
which adds this 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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.src.rpm     bb282bbca150b0cf67898c023b4c51ee
 
IA-32:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.i386.rpm     23056642ff1545d7a40a4e3b683dc80a
 
x86_64:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.x86_64.rpm     8659bf3b7a31a0116b3dcc5dce1da03c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.src.rpm     bb282bbca150b0cf67898c023b4c51ee
 
IA-32:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.i386.rpm     23056642ff1545d7a40a4e3b683dc80a
 
IA-64:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.ia64.rpm     665982f3b787076c6ea5f9adb2b99196
 
PPC:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.ppc.rpm     db7f87980e137fdc15baec4a880ce600
 
s390:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.s390.rpm     c11d43ce39730756b06dbf91d4c05088
 
s390x:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.s390x.rpm     98f4216f2431b44ad151b87f51020308
 
x86_64:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.x86_64.rpm     8659bf3b7a31a0116b3dcc5dce1da03c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.src.rpm     bb282bbca150b0cf67898c023b4c51ee
 
IA-32:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.i386.rpm     23056642ff1545d7a40a4e3b683dc80a
 
IA-64:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.ia64.rpm     665982f3b787076c6ea5f9adb2b99196
 
x86_64:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.x86_64.rpm     8659bf3b7a31a0116b3dcc5dce1da03c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.src.rpm     bb282bbca150b0cf67898c023b4c51ee
 
IA-32:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.i386.rpm     23056642ff1545d7a40a4e3b683dc80a
 
IA-64:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.ia64.rpm     665982f3b787076c6ea5f9adb2b99196
 
x86_64:
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.x86_64.rpm     8659bf3b7a31a0116b3dcc5dce1da03c
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

487520 - FEATURE: enable runtime scanning of boot args during a module load


Keywords

driver, module-init-tools,, PCI, program,, update, weak-modules,, weak-updates,


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