Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHEA-2013:0376 - hwdata enhancement update

Synopsis

hwdata enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated hwdata package that 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 adds the following enhancements:

  • The PCI ID numbers have been updated for the Beta and the Final compose lists. (BZ#839221)

  • Support for NVidia graphic card N14E-Q5, 0x11BC has been added. (BZ#739816)

  • Support for NVidia graphic card N14E-Q3, 0x11BD has been added. (BZ#739819)

  • Support for NVidia graphic card N14E-Q1, 0x11BE has been added. (BZ#739821)

  • Support for NVidia graphic card N14P-Q3, 0x0FFB has been added. (BZ#739824)

  • Support for NVidia graphic card N14P-Q1, 0x0FFC has been added. (BZ#739825)

  • Support for Broadcom BCM943228HM4L 802.11a/b/g/n 2x2 Wi-Fi Adapter has been added. (BZ#760031)

  • Support for Boot from Dell PowerEdge Express Flash PCIe SSD devices has been added. (BZ#830253)

  • Support for the Intel C228 chipset and a future Intel processor based on Socket H3 has been added. (BZ#841423)

  • This update also adds the current hardware USB IDs file from the upstream repository. This file provides support for Broadcom 20702 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter Softsailing. (BZ#814114)

All users of hwdata are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which 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/knowledge/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-0.233-7.9.el6.noarch.rpm
  • hwdata-0.233-7.9.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information