Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0682 - powerpc-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

powerpc-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated powerpc-utils package that fixes various bugs and adds an enhancement is now available.

Description

The powerpc-utils package contains utilities for PowerPC platform.

This updated powerpc-utils package includes fixes for the following bugs:

  • The man pages for several powerpc-utils executables (drmgr, lsdevinfo, lsprop, lsslot, nvsetenv, ppc64_cpu and rtas_event_decode) were not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0. Man pages for these executables have now been added to powerpc-utils. (BZ#659664)

  • The man page for "ofpathname" omitted several options and contained a typographical error. These issues have been corrected. (BZ#659696)

  • Previously, the short version of the nvram "--verbose" flag, "-v", did not register as a valid flag. This option has been added to nvram and now works, consistent with its description in the man page. (BZ#674421)

  • "ofpathname" uses /usr/bin/bc, but the powerpc-utils package does not depend on bc. ofpathname now checks whether bc is installed, and requests the user install it if this package is not found. (BZ#679413)

  • The drmgr command incorrectly checked the "is_removable" field to determine the number of logical memory blocks available for a remove operation, even when AMS ballooning was active. Memory removal no longer relies on "is_removable" when ballooning is active. (BZ#693802)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • Support for partition hibernation has been added. This allows suspension for longer than 5-10 seconds, saving partition state to persistent storage, and freeing resources in use by that partition. (BZ#632690)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated powerpc-utils package, which resolves these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64

Updated Packages

  • powerpc-utils-debuginfo-1.2.6-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • powerpc-utils-1.2.6-4.el6.src.rpm
  • powerpc-utils-1.2.6-4.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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Additional information