Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1454 - powerpc-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

powerpc-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated powerpc-utils packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The powerpc-utils packages provide various utilities for the PowerPC platform.

The powerpc-utils packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.2.20, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Among others, the powerpc-utils packages now provide the following new features:

  • Support for Dynamic CPU Affinity using the Platform Resource Reassignment Notifications (PRRN) interface from user space has been added. (BZ#1021522)

  • The update_flash utility now supports Firmware Entitlement Checking. (BZ#1006777)

  • The ofpathname utility now supports virtio-blk disks. (BZ#1039462)

In addition, this update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the kernel was not notified before and after an update of a device tree during a partition migration. As a consequence, the lpar utility terminated unexpectedly upon resuming after the migration. With this update, the kernel is notified as expected and lpar no longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#1064496, BZ#1087723)

Users of powerpc-utils 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 https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64

Updated Packages

  • powerpc-utils-debuginfo-1.2.20-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • powerpc-utils-1.2.20-1.el6.src.rpm
  • powerpc-utils-1.2.20-1.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information