- Issued:
- 2004-09-01
- Updated:
- 2004-09-01
RHBA-2004:275 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
Updated kernel-utils package adds salinfo for Itanium
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated kernel-utils package that adds salinfo on Itanium systems is
now available.
Description
The kernel-utils package contains several utilities that can be used to
control the kernel of machine hardware. Included are:
- dmidecode - gives information about the bios and motherboard revisisons
- microcode_ctl - updates the microcode on Intel cpu's
- smartctl - monitor the health of your disks
This updated package adds a new utility to kernel-utils on Itanium
platforms. The salinfo utility reads and processes Itanium SAL error records.
On some platforms, SAL errors are persistent until they are cleared by
reading them. Without a daemon to do so, and if a second error is
reported, the system becomes unusable.
All Itanium users of kernel-utils should upgrade to this updated package.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of
up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be
downloaded directly from the RHN website:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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