RHBA-2010:0227 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated etherboot packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

Etherboot is a software package for creating ROM images (zrom files) that
can download code over an Ethernet network to be executed on an x86
computer. Many network adapters have a socket where a ROM chip can be
installed. Etherboot is code that can be put in such a ROM.

• the zrom file for use with NE2000-compatible Ethernet cards used by

etherboot when network booting using such a card failed to obtain an IP
address. Consequently network booting a system with an NE2000-compatible
Ethernet card failed, returning an error as follows:

Probing pci nic...
Probing isa nic...
[NE*000]

With this update the zrom file used by etherboot has been updated and
network booting a KVM guest via PXE using NE2000 network card emulation now
succeeds as expected. (BZ#511912)

• Change glibc32 BuildRequires to file-based BuildRequires. (BZ#521901)
• Use update-alternatives to provide the common /usr/share/qemu-pxe-roms

directory. (BZ#546016)

• Use 0644 permission on all rom files. (BZ#547773)

All etherboot users should install this update which addresses these
issues.

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 511912 - ne model failed to get ip address
• BZ - 521901 - can't build cause wrong BR
• BZ - 546016 - etherboot: allow gpxe/etherboot to be selected at configuration time
• BZ - 547773 - inconsistent zrom image file permissions

CVEs

(none)

References

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