Recommended update for ndctl

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:2709-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ndctl fixes the following issues:

  • Handle 'create-namespace' in label-less mode. (bsc#1145471 ltc#179886)
  • Use the same align value as original namespace on reconfigure. (bsc#1145577 ltc#178224)
  • Fix duplicate bus detection. (bsc#1145573 ltc#180249)
  • Introduce region capability objects. (bsc#1145772 ltc#178159)
  • Ensure mmap of BTT sections work with 64K page-sizes. (bsc#1145421 ltc#176079)
  • Revert to version 61.2. (bsc#1110425)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-2709=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP1-2019-2709=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libndctl6-64.1-3.3.1
    • libndctl-devel-64.1-3.3.1
    • ndctl-debugsource-64.1-3.3.1
    • libndctl6-debuginfo-64.1-3.3.1
    • ndctl-debuginfo-64.1-3.3.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ndctl-debugsource-64.1-3.3.1
    • ndctl-debuginfo-64.1-3.3.1
    • ndctl-64.1-3.3.1

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