Issued:
2009-09-22
Updated:
2009-09-22

RHEA-2009:1456 - dmidecode enhancement update

Synopsis

dmidecode enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated dmidecode package that adds enhancements is now available.

Description

The dmidecode package provides utilities for extracting x86 and ia64 hardware information from the system BIOS or EFI, depending on the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, and asset tag.

It also often includes usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (such as AGP, PCI, and ISA) and memory module slots, and a list of input and output ports (such as serial, parallel and USB).

This updated package applies the following enhancement:

  • the previous version of the dmidecode package was based on an upstream version (2.9), which lacked support for various new hardware items. This updated package includes version 2.10, which updates support for SMBIOS specification version 2.6 and improves DDR3 memory reporting. It adds support for LGA1366 socket devices, decoding PCI-E Gen 2 slot IDs, and for a variety of processors, including the Intel Core i7 and Dual-Core Celeron and Xeon Dual-, Quad- and Multi-Core 3xxx, 5xxx and 7xxx series processors. (BZ#520123)

Users of dmidecode are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which includes this enhanced support.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4i386
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

  • dmidecode-2.10-2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • dmidecode-2.10-2.el5.src.rpm
  • dmidecode-2.10-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • dmidecode-2.10-2.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information