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

RHBA-2014:1520 - i2c-tools bug fix update

Synopsis

i2c-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated i2c-tools packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The i2c-tools packages contain a set of I2C tools for Linux: a bus probing tool, a chip dumper, register-level SMBus access helpers, EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) decoding scripts, EEPROM programming tools, and a python module for SMBus access.

Note: EEPROM decoding scripts can render your system unusable. Make sure to use these tools wisely.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The i2cdetect utility requires the i2c-dev module to be loaded so that it can detect devices present on a specified bus. Previously, this was not done automatically, and as a consequence, the user could be mistaken that no buses or devices existed when running i2cdetect. With this update, i2c-dev has been made automatically-loadable. Now, i2cdetect correctly scans an I2C bus for devices and outputs a table with detected devices as expected. (BZ#914728)

Users of i2c-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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 Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
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

Updated Packages

  • i2c-tools-debuginfo-3.1.0-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • i2c-tools-eepromer-3.1.0-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • i2c-tools-debuginfo-3.1.0-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • i2c-tools-3.1.0-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • i2c-tools-eepromer-3.1.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • i2c-tools-3.1.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • i2c-tools-debuginfo-3.1.0-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • i2c-tools-3.1.0-3.el6.src.rpm
  • i2c-tools-3.1.0-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • i2c-tools-eepromer-3.1.0-3.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information