Recommended update for hwinfo
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for hwinfo
This update to hwinfo provides improved hardware detection:
* properly detect FCOE disks (bnc#725134)
* s390: recognize model 2 OSA Express interfaces
(bnc#720082)
* add id to Validity fingerprint sensor (bnc#719202)
* fix network detection if several interfaces are
attached to a single PCI function (bnc#693090)
* update vmbus device detection (bnc#716708)
* add unisys hypervisor bus info (bnc#678966)
* add vmbus storage controllers (bnc#654959)
* report InfiniBand controller as network controller
(bnc#645877, bnc#644299)
* support Validity fingerprint sensor (bnc#644149)
* recognize InfiniBand controller (bnc#645877,
bnc#644299, bnc#639807)
* map system bios (bnc#748993)
* getsysinfo: do not try to copy event files from
debugfs (bnc#760240).
https://bugzilla.novell.com/639807
https://bugzilla.novell.com/644149
https://bugzilla.novell.com/644299
https://bugzilla.novell.com/645877
https://bugzilla.novell.com/654959
https://bugzilla.novell.com/678966
https://bugzilla.novell.com/693090
https://bugzilla.novell.com/716708
https://bugzilla.novell.com/719202
https://bugzilla.novell.com/720082
https://bugzilla.novell.com/725134
https://bugzilla.novell.com/748993
https://bugzilla.novell.com/760240
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0e9d96ce8becfaa19f1ebef54f49fe90
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2012:0779-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #639807 #644149 #644299 #645877 #654959 #678966 #693090 #716708 #719202 #720082 #725134 #748993 #760240 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 13 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.
Description:
This update to hwinfo provides improved hardware detection:
* properly detect FCOE disks (bnc#725134)
* s390: recognize model 2 OSA Express interfaces
(bnc#720082)
* add id to Validity fingerprint sensor (bnc#719202)
* fix network detection if several interfaces are
attached to a single PCI function (bnc#693090)
* update vmbus device detection (bnc#716708)
* add unisys hypervisor bus info (bnc#678966)
* add vmbus storage controllers (bnc#654959)
* report InfiniBand controller as network controller
(bnc#645877, bnc#644299)
* support Validity fingerprint sensor (bnc#644149)
* recognize InfiniBand controller (bnc#645877,
bnc#644299, bnc#639807)
* 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 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sdksp1-hwinfo-6334 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-hwinfo-6334 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-hwinfo-6334 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-hwinfo-6334
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 15.46]:
- hwinfo-devel-15.46-0.6.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 15.46]:
- hwinfo-15.46-0.6.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 15.46]:
- hwinfo-15.46-0.6.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 15.46]:
- hwinfo-15.46-0.6.1