Recommended update for mkinitrd

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mkinitrd
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1327-1
Rating: moderate
References: #803760 #805059
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

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

    Description:


    This update for mkinitrd provides the following fixes:

    * Add a udev rule to fix HyperV VM migration from
    Windows 2008/2012 to Windows 2012R2 hosts
    * Fix network configuration when using iBFT
    * Do not add duplicate static IPs
    * Recognize default network interface if more than one
    is present.

    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 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-mkinitrd-8168
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-mkinitrd-8168
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-mkinitrd-8168

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.84.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.84.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.84.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/803760
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/805059
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d84062321df819037872d1753b31b8b7