Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1765 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1765 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

gpxe bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated gpxe packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.

Description

The gpxe packages provide an open source Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
implementation and bootloader. gPXE also supports additional protocols such as
DNS, HTTP, iSCSI and ATA over Ethernet.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, PXE failed to boot a virtual machine which used the

virtio network interface card (NIC). An upstream patch, which incorporates the
latest upstream gPXE paravirtualized network adapter (virtio-net) driver and
removes the legacy Etherboot virtio-net driver, has been applied to fix this
problem. Now, PXE can successfully boot virtual machines that use virtio NIC.
(BZ#743893)

All users of gpxe are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
gpxe-0.9.7-6.9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b73a065653e186d5947415882fe2c0104278f0abe2e6ae353972b6fbc9b0f519
x86_64
gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 0f5fdf58e71157678efc878395655144df30fc3fee1d07b8256095b08959bbda
gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 0f5fdf58e71157678efc878395655144df30fc3fee1d07b8256095b08959bbda
gpxe-roms-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 800c551d87dfa026575987170366bdb7255dad042b652e43ea29417c6d28ebe5
gpxe-roms-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 800c551d87dfa026575987170366bdb7255dad042b652e43ea29417c6d28ebe5
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 191b72e7afed59bb461031e6f94581fa30d86d4e5a558a63801cf317635ef2e0
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 191b72e7afed59bb461031e6f94581fa30d86d4e5a558a63801cf317635ef2e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
gpxe-0.9.7-6.9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b73a065653e186d5947415882fe2c0104278f0abe2e6ae353972b6fbc9b0f519
x86_64
gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 0f5fdf58e71157678efc878395655144df30fc3fee1d07b8256095b08959bbda
gpxe-roms-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 800c551d87dfa026575987170366bdb7255dad042b652e43ea29417c6d28ebe5
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 191b72e7afed59bb461031e6f94581fa30d86d4e5a558a63801cf317635ef2e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
gpxe-0.9.7-6.9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b73a065653e186d5947415882fe2c0104278f0abe2e6ae353972b6fbc9b0f519
x86_64
gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 0f5fdf58e71157678efc878395655144df30fc3fee1d07b8256095b08959bbda
gpxe-roms-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 800c551d87dfa026575987170366bdb7255dad042b652e43ea29417c6d28ebe5
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 191b72e7afed59bb461031e6f94581fa30d86d4e5a558a63801cf317635ef2e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
gpxe-0.9.7-6.9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b73a065653e186d5947415882fe2c0104278f0abe2e6ae353972b6fbc9b0f519
x86_64
gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 0f5fdf58e71157678efc878395655144df30fc3fee1d07b8256095b08959bbda
gpxe-roms-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 800c551d87dfa026575987170366bdb7255dad042b652e43ea29417c6d28ebe5
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 191b72e7afed59bb461031e6f94581fa30d86d4e5a558a63801cf317635ef2e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
gpxe-0.9.7-6.9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b73a065653e186d5947415882fe2c0104278f0abe2e6ae353972b6fbc9b0f519
x86_64
gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 0f5fdf58e71157678efc878395655144df30fc3fee1d07b8256095b08959bbda
gpxe-roms-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 800c551d87dfa026575987170366bdb7255dad042b652e43ea29417c6d28ebe5
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 191b72e7afed59bb461031e6f94581fa30d86d4e5a558a63801cf317635ef2e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
gpxe-0.9.7-6.9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b73a065653e186d5947415882fe2c0104278f0abe2e6ae353972b6fbc9b0f519
x86_64
gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 0f5fdf58e71157678efc878395655144df30fc3fee1d07b8256095b08959bbda
gpxe-roms-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 800c551d87dfa026575987170366bdb7255dad042b652e43ea29417c6d28ebe5
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 191b72e7afed59bb461031e6f94581fa30d86d4e5a558a63801cf317635ef2e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
gpxe-0.9.7-6.9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b73a065653e186d5947415882fe2c0104278f0abe2e6ae353972b6fbc9b0f519
x86_64
gpxe-bootimgs-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 0f5fdf58e71157678efc878395655144df30fc3fee1d07b8256095b08959bbda
gpxe-roms-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 800c551d87dfa026575987170366bdb7255dad042b652e43ea29417c6d28ebe5
gpxe-roms-qemu-0.9.7-6.9.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 191b72e7afed59bb461031e6f94581fa30d86d4e5a558a63801cf317635ef2e0

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