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8.87. hwdata
An updated hwdata package that adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The hwdata package contains tools for accessing and displaying hardware identification and configuration data.
Enhancement
- BZ#1064381
- 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.
Users of hwdata are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds this enhancement.

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