- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHBA-2009:0143 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
edac-utils bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated edac-utils packages that fix a bug and add an enhancement are now
available.
Description
EDAC is the current set of drivers in the Linux kernel that handles
detection of ECC errors from memory controllers for most chipsets on the
x86 and AMD64/Intel(r) 64 architectures. The user-space component consists of
an init script which ensures that EDAC drivers and DIMM labels are loaded
at system startup, as well as a library and utility for reporting current
error counts from the EDAC sysfs files.
These updated edac-utils packages provide fixes for a bug which occurred
because the '--print-labels' option did not handle uninitialized labels
correctly. In these updated packages, the '--print-labels' option works as
expected, thus resolving the issue.
In addition, these updated edac-utils packages provide an enhancement to
the labels database in the way of support for the HP Proliant DL585G1.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated edac-utils packages, which
resolve this issue and add this enhancement.
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/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- 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 Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 440253 - EDAC errors -- Explanation
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ee360110566ef840ce74139f0a6ebd5fd7ae6c528d8d0c1eeff258c6df8835da |
x86_64 | |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 85a21e633a16fcf02d4af808704a24cb18aee166dff54a20e59f38c7ab7498e7 |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 697aa35c6a47a5f3e872639e563a0c6b37d8bb6bbc3ad9bb34bc6921cd7f62e6 |
edac-utils-devel-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1fe76843f4e1f0276f31594d1e78575df09a1df951bf4ce0f49f990dddf71bfe |
edac-utils-devel-0.9-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 87731e5978094b198e70dbe65e850cf3a2526fbb0c35e3c45ef8cca34f6bf9a5 |
i386 | |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 85a21e633a16fcf02d4af808704a24cb18aee166dff54a20e59f38c7ab7498e7 |
edac-utils-devel-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1fe76843f4e1f0276f31594d1e78575df09a1df951bf4ce0f49f990dddf71bfe |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ee360110566ef840ce74139f0a6ebd5fd7ae6c528d8d0c1eeff258c6df8835da |
x86_64 | |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 85a21e633a16fcf02d4af808704a24cb18aee166dff54a20e59f38c7ab7498e7 |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 697aa35c6a47a5f3e872639e563a0c6b37d8bb6bbc3ad9bb34bc6921cd7f62e6 |
edac-utils-devel-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1fe76843f4e1f0276f31594d1e78575df09a1df951bf4ce0f49f990dddf71bfe |
edac-utils-devel-0.9-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 87731e5978094b198e70dbe65e850cf3a2526fbb0c35e3c45ef8cca34f6bf9a5 |
i386 | |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 85a21e633a16fcf02d4af808704a24cb18aee166dff54a20e59f38c7ab7498e7 |
edac-utils-devel-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1fe76843f4e1f0276f31594d1e78575df09a1df951bf4ce0f49f990dddf71bfe |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ee360110566ef840ce74139f0a6ebd5fd7ae6c528d8d0c1eeff258c6df8835da |
x86_64 | |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 85a21e633a16fcf02d4af808704a24cb18aee166dff54a20e59f38c7ab7498e7 |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 697aa35c6a47a5f3e872639e563a0c6b37d8bb6bbc3ad9bb34bc6921cd7f62e6 |
i386 | |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 85a21e633a16fcf02d4af808704a24cb18aee166dff54a20e59f38c7ab7498e7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ee360110566ef840ce74139f0a6ebd5fd7ae6c528d8d0c1eeff258c6df8835da |
x86_64 | |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 85a21e633a16fcf02d4af808704a24cb18aee166dff54a20e59f38c7ab7498e7 |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 697aa35c6a47a5f3e872639e563a0c6b37d8bb6bbc3ad9bb34bc6921cd7f62e6 |
edac-utils-devel-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1fe76843f4e1f0276f31594d1e78575df09a1df951bf4ce0f49f990dddf71bfe |
edac-utils-devel-0.9-6.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 87731e5978094b198e70dbe65e850cf3a2526fbb0c35e3c45ef8cca34f6bf9a5 |
i386 | |
edac-utils-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 85a21e633a16fcf02d4af808704a24cb18aee166dff54a20e59f38c7ab7498e7 |
edac-utils-devel-0.9-6.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1fe76843f4e1f0276f31594d1e78575df09a1df951bf4ce0f49f990dddf71bfe |
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