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Scientific Linux: Low Cpuspeed Update on SL5.x Low Severity

Calendar Mar 02, 2009 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory system update low severity enhancement cpuspeed Scientific Linux
Low: cpuspeed enhancement update 
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:15:29 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Low: cpuspeed on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Low: cpuspeed enhancement update
Issue date:	2009-01-20

cpuspeed was moved to the security errata from the fastbugs errata
because the latest kernel security update depends on it.

This package adds the following enhancements:

* Userspace needed to support the loading of the new Powernow-k8 module
that has changed from being built in. By rectifying this bug, Userspace
now loads the new module correctly.

* The cpuspeed init script needed to support loading the
speedstep-centrino module if all other module loads had failed. This
fallback for Intel hardware is now included with this updated package.

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
cpuspeed-1.2.1-5.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
cpuspeed-1.2.1-5.el5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
cpuspeed-1.2.1-5.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson