RHEA-2015:1029 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

New kmod-tg3 packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The kmod-tg3 packages provide kernel modules for controlling Broadcom Tigon3
Ethernet network devices beyond what was delivered in the corresponding minor
version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This enhancement update adds the kmod-tg3 packages to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6.6. These packages contain a temporary driver update released as part of the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver Update Program (DUP).

Notably, this version increases the timeout value on the "nvram" command to fix
a lockup that in some cases occurred when using "nvram", and that was preventing
firmware updates on certain Broadcom adapters.
(BZ#1173182)

Only users requiring temporary driver support for the specific hardware noted
above should install this package. Unless a system includes the exact hardware
kmod-tg3-3.137-2.el6_6 packages explicitly support, this package must not be
installed.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6 x86_64
• 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 Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.6 x86_64
• 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

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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