Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2012:0184 - libcxgb3 bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

libcxgb3 bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

updated libcxgb3 packages that fix various bugs and add multiple enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The libcxgb3 packages provide a userspace hardware driver for the libibverbs InfiniBand/iWARP verbs library. This driver enables Chelsio iWARP capable ethernet devices.

The libcxgb3 package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.3.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#717437)

All users of libcxgb3 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386

Updated Packages

  • libcxgb3-static-1.3.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm
  • libcxgb3-static-1.3.0-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • libcxgb3-1.3.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
  • libcxgb3-1.3.0-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • libcxgb3-1.3.0-1.el5.src.rpm
  • libcxgb3-1.3.0-1.el5.ppc.rpm
  • libcxgb3-static-1.3.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm
  • libcxgb3-1.3.0-1.el5.ia64.rpm
  • libcxgb3-static-1.3.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
  • libcxgb3-static-1.3.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • libcxgb3-1.3.0-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information