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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:0434 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0434 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

biosdevname bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated biosdevname packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The biosdevname packages contain a udev helper utility which provides an
optional convention for naming network interfaces; it assigns names to network
interfaces based on their physical location. The utility is disabled by default,
except for on a limited set of Dell PowerEdge, C Series and Precision
Workstation systems.

The biosdevname packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.4.1, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#825142)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

  • The biosdevname utility ignored the SMBIOS version check for PCI network

adapters. Consequently, PCI network adapter interfaces were renamed according to
PCI slot and port numbers on systems with unsupported SMBIOS versions. With this
update, the new biosdevname utility ensures that if the SMBIOS version is not
supported, PCI network adapter interfaces are not renamed. As a result, PCI
network adapters are named with the kernel default name in the scenario
described. (BZ#751373)

  • When using Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) with embedded network

interface devices, the biosdevname utility did not check the System Management
BIOS (SMBIOS) type of the physical function for corresponding virtual functions.
Consequently, biosdevname did not find SMBIOS type 41 structure for the device
virtual functions and did not suggest interface names for these onboard network
interfaces. With this update, biosdevname now looks up the SMBIOS type 41
structure for the device virtual functions in the corresponding physical
function table. As a result, onboard network devices with virtual network
interfaces are now renamed according to the biosdevname naming scheme.
(BZ#804754)

  • The biosdevname utility did not handle PCI cards with multiple ports.

Consequently, only the network interface of the first port of these cards was
renamed according to the biosdevname naming scheme. An upstream patch has been
applied and biosdevname now handles PCI cards with multiple ports. As a result,
all ports of multiple port PCI cards are now renamed according to the
biosdevname naming scheme. (BZ#815724)

All users of biosdevname are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • 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 from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31ef27f4a63fb1e6f250cafcf45e5207ca17b721dc57ef4942e239984d9ea07e
x86_64
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3dac79c5ac14f52d3e41d179ef33ebcd89b741e61cff537adfd386b23dc75150
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0cc89741a65fe12b8509657fdd4c9c299e8e22bda78b9d5824400fa4ce614c2
i386
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 18226d63bbd8126c875a75161860f5f65979b24b245a16b2ac78dd2da021116a
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b050365a817495b37b35aab3ec93805ccf07285c593b4146524398bcced6a8b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31ef27f4a63fb1e6f250cafcf45e5207ca17b721dc57ef4942e239984d9ea07e
i386
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 18226d63bbd8126c875a75161860f5f65979b24b245a16b2ac78dd2da021116a
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b050365a817495b37b35aab3ec93805ccf07285c593b4146524398bcced6a8b
x86_64
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3dac79c5ac14f52d3e41d179ef33ebcd89b741e61cff537adfd386b23dc75150
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0cc89741a65fe12b8509657fdd4c9c299e8e22bda78b9d5824400fa4ce614c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31ef27f4a63fb1e6f250cafcf45e5207ca17b721dc57ef4942e239984d9ea07e
x86_64
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3dac79c5ac14f52d3e41d179ef33ebcd89b741e61cff537adfd386b23dc75150
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0cc89741a65fe12b8509657fdd4c9c299e8e22bda78b9d5824400fa4ce614c2
i386
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 18226d63bbd8126c875a75161860f5f65979b24b245a16b2ac78dd2da021116a
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b050365a817495b37b35aab3ec93805ccf07285c593b4146524398bcced6a8b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31ef27f4a63fb1e6f250cafcf45e5207ca17b721dc57ef4942e239984d9ea07e
x86_64
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3dac79c5ac14f52d3e41d179ef33ebcd89b741e61cff537adfd386b23dc75150
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0cc89741a65fe12b8509657fdd4c9c299e8e22bda78b9d5824400fa4ce614c2
i386
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 18226d63bbd8126c875a75161860f5f65979b24b245a16b2ac78dd2da021116a
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b050365a817495b37b35aab3ec93805ccf07285c593b4146524398bcced6a8b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31ef27f4a63fb1e6f250cafcf45e5207ca17b721dc57ef4942e239984d9ea07e
x86_64
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3dac79c5ac14f52d3e41d179ef33ebcd89b741e61cff537adfd386b23dc75150
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0cc89741a65fe12b8509657fdd4c9c299e8e22bda78b9d5824400fa4ce614c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31ef27f4a63fb1e6f250cafcf45e5207ca17b721dc57ef4942e239984d9ea07e
x86_64
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3dac79c5ac14f52d3e41d179ef33ebcd89b741e61cff537adfd386b23dc75150
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0cc89741a65fe12b8509657fdd4c9c299e8e22bda78b9d5824400fa4ce614c2
i386
biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 18226d63bbd8126c875a75161860f5f65979b24b245a16b2ac78dd2da021116a
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6b050365a817495b37b35aab3ec93805ccf07285c593b4146524398bcced6a8b

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