Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1612 - hwdata bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

hwdata bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated hwdata package that fixes one bug and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The hwdata package contains tools for accessing and displaying hardware identification and configuration data.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, certain information about the Red Hat Virtio Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) device was missing from the pci.ids database. Consequently, when using the lspci utility, the device name was not shown correctly and the numeric device ID was shown instead. With this update, the pci.ids database has been modified to provide correct information as expected. (BZ#989142)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

  • The PCI ID numbers have been updated for the Beta and the Final compose lists. (BZ#982659)

  • With this update, the pci.ids database has been updated with information about AMD FirePro graphic cards. (BZ#739838)

  • With this update, the pci.ids database has been updated with information about the Cisco VIC SR-IOV Virtual Function with the usNIC capability. (BZ#948121)

All users of hwdata are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug and adds 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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • hwdata-0.233-9.1.el6.noarch.rpm
  • hwdata-0.233-9.1.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information