- Issued:
- 2016-11-15
- Updated:
- 2016-11-15
RHEA-2016:2776 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
virtio-win enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated virtio-win package that adds one enhancement is now available for the Supplementary channel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The virtio-win package provides paravirtualized network drivers for most
Microsoft Windows operating systems. Paravirtualized drivers are
virtualization-aware drivers used by fully virtualized guests running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Fully virtualized guests using the paravirtualized drivers gain significantly better I/O performance than fully virtualized guests running without the drivers.
This update adds the following enhancement:
- Windows 10 drivers are now included in the virtio-win Virtual Floppy Disk
(VFD) file. (BZ#1357128)
Users of virtio-win are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds this enhancement.
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:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1357128 - virtio-win 1.7.4 doesn't provide windows 10 drivers within vfd [rhel-6.8.z]
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.5-0.el6_8.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1112c61138bde7ca90c6f03259266fff204cc7a08a6f301b113c5e23cc8d8ffc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.5-0.el6_8.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1112c61138bde7ca90c6f03259266fff204cc7a08a6f301b113c5e23cc8d8ffc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.5-0.el6_8.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1112c61138bde7ca90c6f03259266fff204cc7a08a6f301b113c5e23cc8d8ffc |
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