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

RHBA-2012:0251 - pciutils bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

pciutils bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated pciutils packages that fix one bug and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The pciutils packages provide various utilities for inspecting and manipulating devices connected to the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, the pciutils directory daemon did not call closedir(). As a consequence, the directory could not be closed. This update modifies the underlying source code so that the directory is now closed after processing. (BZ#684131)

This update adds following enhancements:

  • With this update, TPH (Transaction Processing Hints) and LTR (Latency Tolerance Reporting) reporting capabilities have been added to the pciutils package to support the PCI Express 3.0 standard. (BZ#662556, BZ#759744)

All pciutils users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug and add this enhancement.

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 for IBM z Systems5s390x
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • pciutils-3.1.7-5.el5.i386.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.7-5.el5.ppc.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.7-5.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.7-5.el5.s390.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.7-5.el5.s390x.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.7-5.el5.src.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.7-5.el5.s390x.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.7-5.el5.i386.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.7-5.el5.ia64.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.7-5.el5.ia64.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.7-5.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.7-5.el5.ppc.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.7-5.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information