RHEA-2013:0376 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated hwdata package that adds various enhancements is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The hwdata package contains tools for accessing and displaying hardware
identification and configuration data.

This update adds the following enhancements:

• The PCI ID numbers have been updated for the Beta and the Final compose lists.

(BZ#839221)

• Support for NVidia graphic card N14E-Q5, 0x11BC has been added. (BZ#739816)
• Support for NVidia graphic card N14E-Q3, 0x11BD has been added. (BZ#739819)
• Support for NVidia graphic card N14E-Q1, 0x11BE has been added. (BZ#739821)
• Support for NVidia graphic card N14P-Q3, 0x0FFB has been added. (BZ#739824)
• Support for NVidia graphic card N14P-Q1, 0x0FFC has been added. (BZ#739825)
• Support for Broadcom BCM943228HM4L 802.11a/b/g/n 2x2 Wi-Fi Adapter has been

added. (BZ#760031)

• Support for Boot from Dell PowerEdge Express Flash PCIe SSD devices has been

added. (BZ#830253)

• Support for the Intel C228 chipset and a future Intel processor based on

Socket H3 has been added. (BZ#841423)

• This update also adds the current hardware USB IDs file from the upstream

repository. This file provides support for Broadcom 20702 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter
Softsailing. (BZ#814114)

All users of hwdata are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds
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 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 from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 839221 - Pull Beta/Final PCI ids from SourceForge

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)