- Issued:
- 2007-11-20
- Updated:
- 2007-11-20
RHBA-2007:0704 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
ia32el enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated ia32el packages that features a new release of ia32el is now
available.
Description
The ia32el package contains the IA-32 Execution Layer platform, which
allows emulation of IA-32 binaries on Intel Itanium processors.
The new release of ia32el contains the following updates:
- Support for supplemental SSE3 instructions
- Performance improvements (5% on SPECINT and 10% on SPECFP)
- Support for more new system calls introduced in the most recent kernel.
- Bug fixes, including compatibility with new SELinux policy
Users of ia32el should upgrade to this updated package, which contain these
enhancements.
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 5 ia64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
ia32el-1.6-15.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 158ca1e319c2a006dca1a95856e95180f8166b88e4794ad404aa4a002ee0627d |
ia64 | |
ia32el-1.6-15.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 0e329089a39297632823c366db9808f663d2201a020c3d1931d90081c3efc41c |
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