Recommended update for mkinitrd

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mkinitrd
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0768-1
Rating: moderate
References: #755642 #784613 #801984
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update for mkinitrd provides the following
    fixes and enhancements:

    * Skip static interfaces when configuring DHCP
    interfaces. (bnc#755642)
    * Handle moving ibft interface between interfaces and
    subnets. (bnc#755642)
    * Fix boot from mdraid on top of multipath devices.
    (bnc#784613)
    * Do not tell the user to refresh the bootloader when
    generating the kdump initrd. (bnc#801984)

    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 Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mkinitrd-7584
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mkinitrd-7584
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-mkinitrd-7584

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.57.57.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.57.57.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.57.57.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/755642
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/784613
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/801984
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0346aeb51df393f9cb14e753b62dd216