Recommended update for release-notes-sles

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:2160-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for release-notes-sles adds the following new notes:

  • User Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) for KVM (FATE#325201, update requested via bsc#1145275) [fixed typo]
  • Modules That Are Automatically Selected During Upgrade (FATE#325293, update requested via bsc#1145275) [fixed typo, appended missing part of table]
  • zcrypt DD: APQN Tags Allow Deterministic Driver Binding (FATE#325689) [fixed typo, improved title wording]
  • Package insserv-compat Has Been Added to SAP Application Server Base Pattern (FATE#325727, update requested via bsc#1141324) [clarified that this package can be used outside of SAP contexts]
  • Support for the VM Generation ID Device (FATE#325848) [improved wording]
  • In-kernel Crypto: Support for Protected Keys Generated by random in the paes Module (FATE#326366) [improved wording]
  • Input Method Engines Changes for Asian Languages (FATE#326665, update requested via bsc#1145275) [fixed typos]
  • HiDPI support in GNOME (FATE#326682) [fixed typo]
  • Update to QEMU 3.1 (FATE#327089) [fixed typo, improved wording]
  • NVMe Multipath Handling (FATE#327156) [fixed categorization within the document]
  • JeOS Images for Hyper-V and VMware Are Now Compressed (FATE#327755) [fixed typo]
  • Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Operating Modes (FATE#327794, update requested via bsc#1145275) [fixed typo, improved wording]
  • Branch Predictor Hardening (FATE#327833) [fixed typos]
  • Support for QEMU's multiqueue Feature for virtio-blk (FATE#327896) [made title more consistent]
  • Intel* Omni-Path Architecture (OPA) Host Software (FATE#327898) [corrected path to PDF]
  • klogconsole and setctsid Are Considered Deprecated (FATE#327901, update requested via bsc#1145275) [fixed typo, made title more consistent]
  • Intel Rapid Storage Controller: NVME Drive Is Not Accessible in UEFI Mode (FATE#327902, update requested via bsc#1145275) [fixed typos]
  • Updated number of logical CPUs for AArch64 to 480
  • Open vSwitch Support (fate#320928)
  • Creating a Swap*File on a Btrfs File System (fate#322477)
  • Run XenStore in stubdom (fate#323663)
  • OpenID Authentication Module for Apache2 (fate#324447)
  • Enable Persistent Multipath Links in KVM Guests (fate#324810)
  • User Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) for KVM (fate#325201)
  • Modules that get Automatically Selected During Upgrade (fate#325293)
  • LLVM Update (fate#325696)
  • Support the VM Generation ID device (fate#325848)
  • Memory Bandwidth Allocation (fate#326237)
  • Input Method Engines Changes for Asian Languages (fate#326665)
  • NV*DIMM Support (fate#326969)
  • Update to QEMU 3.1 (fate#327089)
  • NVMe multipath handling (fate#327156)
  • Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Operating Modes (fate#327794)
  • Credit2 Scheduler optimization (fate#327831)
  • Performance Optimization for XPTI (fate#327832)
  • Branch Predictor Hardening (fate#327833)
  • AVX512 support (fate#327834)
  • Support for AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) (fate#327889)
  • Xen vNUMA topology (fate#327890)
  • New virsh Command: migrate*getmaxdowntime (fate#327891)
  • Bash Completion Support for the virsh Command (fate#327892)
  • Support Migration of VMs with Shared Disks and directsync Caching (fate#327895)
  • Add support for QEMU's multiqueue Feature for virtio*blk (fate#327896)
  • Intel OmniPath Architecture (OPA) Host Software (fate#327898)
  • Installing on a System Combining Multipath with RAID (fate#327899)
  • Device Error Prevention Enabled (CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM) (fate#327900)
  • Deprecation Note for klogconsole and setctsid (fate#327901)
  • Intel Rapid Storage Controller: NVME Drive is not Accessibe in UEFI Mode (fate#327902)
  • Connecting to a Remote Desktop via RDP Fails (fate#327903)

Documented fixes and changed notes:

  • openjdk 10 has been moved to Legacy (bsc#1137326)
  • Xen Auto*Ballooning Disabled by Default (fate#323901)
  • Boot and Driver Enablement for Raspberry Pi (fate#325731)
  • SystemonChip Driver Enablement (fate#327734)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP1-2019-2160=1 SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-2019-2160=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-15.1.20190812-3.5.1

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