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

RHEA-2013:1733 - librtas enhancement update

Synopsis

librtas enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated librtas packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The librtas packages contain a set of libraries that allow access to the Run-Time Abstraction Services (RTAS) on 64-bit PowerPC architectures. The librtasevent library contains definitions and routines for analyzing RTAS events.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • This update adds support for a user space solution for Dynamic Memory Affinity via the PRRN interface. When an affinity for a partition changes as a result of system optimization, the impacted partition will be notified through an event-scan RTAS call that the affinity properties of the partitions have changed. As a result, the partition is expected to refresh its affinity strings through existing RTAS/hidden h_calls. (BZ#985850)

Users of librtas are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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 Power, big endian6ppc64

Updated Packages

  • librtas-1.3.8-1.el6.src.rpm
  • librtas-debuginfo-1.3.8-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • librtas-devel-1.3.8-1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • librtas-debuginfo-1.3.8-1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • librtas-1.3.8-1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • librtas-1.3.8-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • librtas-devel-1.3.8-1.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information