RHEA-2012:0903 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated xorg-x11-drv-ati and mesa packages that fix a bug and add an enhancement
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xorg-x11-drv-ati packages provide a driver for ATI graphics cards for the
X.Org implementation of the X Window System. The mesa packages provide
hardware-accelerated drivers for many popular graphics chipsets, and Mesa, a 3D
graphics application programming interface (API) compatible with the Open
Graphics Library (OpenGL).

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, Mesa did not recognize Intel HD Graphics chipsets integrated into

Intel E3-family processors. Consequently, these chipsets provided limited
display resolutions and their graphics performance was low. This update adds
support for these chipsets. As a result, the chipsets are recognized by Mesa and
perform as expected. (BZ#821873)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• This update adds support for AMD FirePro M100 (alternatively referred to as

AMD FirePro M2000), AMD Radeon HD 74xx Series, AMD Radeon HD 75xx Series, and
AMD Radeon HD 76xx Series graphics cards, and the AMD FusionA integrated
graphics processing unit. (BZ#788166, BZ#788168)

All users of xorg-x11-drv-ati and Mesa are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which fix this bug and add this enhancement.

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 x86_64
• 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 from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 788166 - support new AMD GPUin rhel 6.3
• BZ - 788168 - support new AMD GPU in rhel 6.3

CVEs

(none)

References

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