RHBA-2010:0035 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated cpuspeed package that fixes some initscript exit
statuses, avoids loading on problematic CPUs, and starts only
after syslogd is now available.

Description

The cpuspeed package configures CPU frequency scaling.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• some exit status codes from the initscript were not in line with

LSB standards. The codes were updated, and are now compliant.
(BZ#495049)

• where Intel Xeon Processor 7100 series processors were used with

Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, cpuspeed loading could create
system deadlocks. The cpuspeed settings were changed and system
deadlocks no longer occur on this hardware. (BZ#449004)

• the cpuspeed initscript uses syslog to log important information

about its status. However, cpuspeed was being started before syslog
on boot, and log messages generated by the cpuspeed init script
were not being captured. The cpuspeed init script now runs after
the syslog init script, and all log messages are now being
recorded. (BZ#516224)

Users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
these issues.

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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 495049 - cpuspeed initscript yields some incorrect return values

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)