Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHEA-2015:1355 - seabios enhancement update

Synopsis

seabios enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated seabios package that adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The seabios package contains an open-source legacy BIOS implementation which can be used as a coreboot payload. It implements the standard BIOS calling interfaces that a typical x86 proprietary BIOS implements.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • The user can now access the boot menu by pressing the ESC key. Previously, the boot menu could only be accessed by pressing the F12 key. However, one some platforms, F12 can be unavailable. For example, systems running the OS X operating system can intercept certain function keys, including F12. With this update, the user can use either ESC or F12 to access the boot menu. Therefore, seabios avoids these potential problems associated with F12. (BZ#1131530)

Users of seabios 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:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • seabios-0.6.1.2-30.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • seabios-0.6.1.2-30.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information