RHBA-2012:0691 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ppc64-utils packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The ppc64-utils packages are a collection of utilities for Linux running on
64-bit PowerPC platform.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, due to errors in the source code, the lparstat utility displayed

incorrect values for the "smt", "ent" and "lcpu" items, and undefined values
(XXX) for the "entc" and "phint" items. The underlying source code has been
modified so that correct values are now displayed when running lparstat.
(BZ#821850)

All users of ppc64-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix this bug.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)