RHEA-2009:1456 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated dmidecode package that adds enhancements is now available.

Description

The dmidecode package provides utilities for extracting x86 and ia64
hardware information from the system BIOS or EFI, depending on the
SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system
manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, and asset tag.

It also often includes usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion
slots (such as AGP, PCI, and ISA) and memory module slots, and a list
of input and output ports (such as serial, parallel and USB).

This updated package applies the following enhancement:

• the previous version of the dmidecode package was based on an upstream

version (2.9), which lacked support for various new hardware items. This
updated package includes version 2.10, which updates support for SMBIOS
specification version 2.6 and improves DDR3 memory reporting. It adds
support for LGA1366 socket devices, decoding PCI-E Gen 2 slot IDs,
and for a variety of processors, including the Intel Core i7 and Dual-Core
Celeron and Xeon Dual-, Quad- and Multi-Core 3xxx, 5xxx and 7xxx series
processors. (BZ#520123)

Users of dmidecode are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
includes this enhanced support.

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 520123 - dmidecode 2.9 doesn't correctly identify PCI-E characteristics or LGA1366 CPUs

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)