Recommended update for pmtools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for pmtools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0817-1
Rating: low
References: #777283
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 one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for pmtools fixes the following issue:

    * In acpidump, skip processing RSDT if XSDT was already
    processed and rsdt physical address is 0. This is the
    minimum fix to prevent crashes on Itanium/IA64 machines
    while not altering the output of acpidump on too many other
    machines.

    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-pmtools-7631
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-pmtools-7631
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-pmtools-7631

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • pmtools-20071116-44.20.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 x86_64):
    • pmtools-20071116-44.20.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • pmtools-20071116-44.20.4.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/777283
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=734f0df8ba8068d80f87f7a1751cb8ea