Recommended update for udev

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for udev
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0849-1
Rating: moderate
References: #746346 #746390 #746993 #747505 #754910 #760948
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 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update for udev provides the following
    fixes:

    * 747505: usb_modeswitch and udev conflicts and
    prevents UMTS-Stick from working
    * 754910: device names in /dev/disk/by-id have changed
    format
    * 746346: high CPU consumption due to kernel events
    (xdr) (performance)
    * 746390: fix deadlock that could make udev freeze for
    several minutes during boot
    * 746993: handle software FCoE correctly
    * 760948: fix by-path symbolic links in cciss
    controllers

    In addition, the system ramdisk will now be regenerated
    after the package update.

    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-libgudev-1_0-0-6353
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libgudev-1_0-0-6353
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libgudev-1_0-0-6353
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libgudev-1_0-0-6353

    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):
    • libgudev-1_0-devel-147-0.61.1
    • libudev-devel-147-0.61.1
    • libudev0-147-0.61.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.61.1
    • libudev0-147-0.61.1
    • udev-147-0.61.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.61.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.61.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.61.1
    • libudev0-147-0.61.1
    • udev-147-0.61.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.61.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.61.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-x86-147-0.61.1
    • libudev0-x86-147-0.61.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.61.1
    • libudev0-147-0.61.1
    • udev-147-0.61.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.61.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.61.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/746346
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/746390
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/746993
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/747505
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/754910
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/760948
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=03fe7308f8c5df7a1dcf4f9036872052