Issued:
2017-03-21
Updated:
2017-03-21

RHBA-2017:0670 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

powertop bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for powertop is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The PowerTOP utility detects software components with unnecessarily high power usage on an idle computer. PowerTOP also provides a set of commands to reduce power usage on the system.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of powertop are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • 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 IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1333439 - Functionality of parameter options short-cuts

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
powertop-2.3-4.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8856eb885951b53331eef19837284488a2cc28d7d9d344e2a78800fe539b2297
x86_64
powertop-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70ff204a28116fc4dbd8d72d149087bd166877482c90936dec420f21db3b25bc
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ad3a619bec7b02bf1d4bf149599079d93a23dfce1a22459052c33c5d3fc7622
i386
powertop-2.3-4.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6ac4f85ceec634b59c35162d7f22ca88403613888d8778edd03553d2894a0bbb
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 22c2eb4bf5b8c2221eb791f48c893a3a305156a1bb6c9c6b272355141e2fd2e7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
powertop-2.3-4.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8856eb885951b53331eef19837284488a2cc28d7d9d344e2a78800fe539b2297
x86_64
powertop-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70ff204a28116fc4dbd8d72d149087bd166877482c90936dec420f21db3b25bc
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ad3a619bec7b02bf1d4bf149599079d93a23dfce1a22459052c33c5d3fc7622
i386
powertop-2.3-4.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6ac4f85ceec634b59c35162d7f22ca88403613888d8778edd03553d2894a0bbb
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 22c2eb4bf5b8c2221eb791f48c893a3a305156a1bb6c9c6b272355141e2fd2e7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
powertop-2.3-4.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8856eb885951b53331eef19837284488a2cc28d7d9d344e2a78800fe539b2297
x86_64
powertop-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70ff204a28116fc4dbd8d72d149087bd166877482c90936dec420f21db3b25bc
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ad3a619bec7b02bf1d4bf149599079d93a23dfce1a22459052c33c5d3fc7622
i386
powertop-2.3-4.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6ac4f85ceec634b59c35162d7f22ca88403613888d8778edd03553d2894a0bbb
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 22c2eb4bf5b8c2221eb791f48c893a3a305156a1bb6c9c6b272355141e2fd2e7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
powertop-2.3-4.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8856eb885951b53331eef19837284488a2cc28d7d9d344e2a78800fe539b2297
x86_64
powertop-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70ff204a28116fc4dbd8d72d149087bd166877482c90936dec420f21db3b25bc
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ad3a619bec7b02bf1d4bf149599079d93a23dfce1a22459052c33c5d3fc7622
i386
powertop-2.3-4.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6ac4f85ceec634b59c35162d7f22ca88403613888d8778edd03553d2894a0bbb
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 22c2eb4bf5b8c2221eb791f48c893a3a305156a1bb6c9c6b272355141e2fd2e7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
powertop-2.3-4.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8856eb885951b53331eef19837284488a2cc28d7d9d344e2a78800fe539b2297
s390x
powertop-2.3-4.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 72a52ff11eedf741a48c9af387dcfae7b9728fabc99a0611b1625c3efa102ec5
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: cee468c01ae3162baef7fe76513947dfd27e3e6d499f6eddbb55a6d960fb6510

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
powertop-2.3-4.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8856eb885951b53331eef19837284488a2cc28d7d9d344e2a78800fe539b2297
ppc64
powertop-2.3-4.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 53bda4b8d32790432441bb17091dba5b4b6f7026eb7cc5aa6329def4a0824093
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 53ff5ae2c274831ae4872bc1aa8d4d2d44603fccf4e9934714594b751b63a3c4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
powertop-2.3-4.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8856eb885951b53331eef19837284488a2cc28d7d9d344e2a78800fe539b2297
x86_64
powertop-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70ff204a28116fc4dbd8d72d149087bd166877482c90936dec420f21db3b25bc
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ad3a619bec7b02bf1d4bf149599079d93a23dfce1a22459052c33c5d3fc7622

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
powertop-2.3-4.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8856eb885951b53331eef19837284488a2cc28d7d9d344e2a78800fe539b2297
s390x
powertop-2.3-4.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 72a52ff11eedf741a48c9af387dcfae7b9728fabc99a0611b1625c3efa102ec5
powertop-debuginfo-2.3-4.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: cee468c01ae3162baef7fe76513947dfd27e3e6d499f6eddbb55a6d960fb6510

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