Recommended update for hwinfo

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for hwinfo
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0774-1
Rating: low
References: #748993 #760240
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update to hwinfo provides improved hardware detection:

    * map system bios (bnc#748993)
    * getsysinfo: do not try to copy event files from
    debugfs (bnc#760240).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-hwinfo-6337
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-hwinfo-6337
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-hwinfo-6337
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-hwinfo-6337

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 15.46]:
    • hwinfo-devel-15.46-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 15.46]:
    • hwinfo-15.46-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 15.46]:
    • hwinfo-15.46-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 15.46]:
    • hwinfo-15.46-0.9.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/748993
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/760240
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=9db41037fcf2342e66c0d4791748f538