- Issued:
- 2004-12-13
- Updated:
- 2004-12-13
RHBA-2004:515 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
Updated kudzu packages
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated kudzu packages that fix driver mapping for the megaraid device
driver are now available.
Description
Kudzu is a hardware probing tool that runs at system boot-time to determine
if hardware has been added or removed from the system.
This package includes updates that map some newer controllers to the
'megaraid2' driver.
All users of kudzu should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 112223 - RHEL 2.1 U6: update kudzu megaraid entries to megaraid2, leaving megaraid as the deprecated driver, available but no longer the default.
- BZ - 113901 - RHEL 2.1 U6: Update pcitable in the initrd.img to load megaraid2 for PERC4 cards as listed below.
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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