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Fedora Core 3: 2005-040 Moderate Kernel-Utils Microcode Update

Update microcode_ctl to 1.11. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2005-040 2005-01-20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Product : Fedora Core 3 Name : kernel-utils Version : 2.4 Release : 13.1.49_FC3 Summary : Kernel and Hardware related utilities Description : kernel-utils contains several utilities that can be used to control the kernel or your machines hardware. Included are * cpuspeed - dynamically change the speed of CPUs (if CPU is capable) * dmidecode - gives information about the bios and motherboard revisions * irqbalance - Evenly distribute interrupt load across CPUs. * microcode_ctl - updates the microcode on Intel cpus * rng-tools - Hardware random number generation tools. * smartctl - monitor the health of your disks ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Tue Jan 18 2005 Dave Jones - Update microcode_ctl to 1.11 * Sun Nov 28 2004 Dave Jones - Don't use binaries from /usr too early. (#102049) - Fix bogus "" in microcode_ctl initscript. (#112014) * Thu Nov 04 2004 Dave Jones - Update irqbalance to 1.12 (#130625) * Sat Oct 30 2004 Dave Jones - Install irqbalance manpage. (#90023) * Fri Oct 29 2004 Dave Jones - Update irqbalanced (#137136) - Don't start microcode_ctl with -i any more - Remove reference to IA32 in microcode startup, as it works on EM64T now too. - Update microcode_ctl to upstream 1.10 (#134017, #134018) * Thu Oct 28 2004 Dave Jones - Start irqbalanced on x86-64 too. (#137507) - chkconfig -del readaheady early on uninstall. ---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from: 7f527c171aea9c7ff2f6c7ee9ed7333e SRPMS/kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.49_FC3.src.rpm 1e1e68fff9a800d8268ba25bcd538d26 x86_64/kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.49_FC3.x86_64.rpm 19c4275e5f158ef70ac1c40563c4f723 x86_64/debug/kernel-utils-debuginfo-2.4-13.1.49_FC3.x86_64.rpm 55d72909822c5bf51d57933afa182ff4 i386/kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.49_FC3.i386.rpm 4e912fbdd34bbc2b9425e2d516f554c5 i386/debug/kernel-utils-debuginfo-2.4-13.1.49_FC3.i386.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. -----------------------------------------------------------------------fedora-announce-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Elevate your Fedora Core 3 experience by implementing a kernel-utils patch, enhancing CPU regulation and device management tools.. kernel-utils,Fedora Core,microcode update,CPU management,hardware utilities. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 20, 2005 Fedora