Issued:

2014-10-13

Updated:

2014-10-13

RHEA-2014:1553 - hwdata enhancement update

Synopsis

hwdata enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated hwdata package that adds one enhancement 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 enhancement:

• The PCI, USB, and vendor ID files have been updated with information about recently released hardware. Hardware utility tools that use these ID files are now able to correctly identify recently released hardware. (BZ#1064381)

Users of hwdata are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds 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/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• hwdata-0.233-11.1.el6.noarch.rpm
• hwdata-0.233-11.1.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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