Recommended update for kvm

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for kvm
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0298-1
Rating: low
References: #812836 #812983 #841080 #842088 #858858
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update for KVM provides support for the Ceph
    components of SUSE Cloud by implementing compatibility
    with a dynamically loaded rbd plug-in. Currently, this
    plug-in is not delivered with SUSE Linux Enterprise
    Server. (FATE#316580, bnc#858858)

    Additionally, the following issues have been fixed:

    * Provide dummy color map for VNC viewers which may
    request a color map. (bnc#842088)
    * Allow cross migration from SP2's qemu-kvm 0.15 to
    qemu 1.4. (bnc#812836, bnc#841080)
    * Fix potential rtl8139/pcnet network stalls.
    * Update to new s390-ccw.img firmware from v1.6.0.
    (bnc#812983)
    * Add fix for virtio-ccw reset. (bnc#812983)

    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:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-kvm-8841
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-kvm-8841

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.2]:
    • kvm-1.4.2-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.2]:
    • kvm-1.4.2-0.9.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/812836
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/812983
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/841080
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/842088
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/858858
    • http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=891296485bb654e0a5d695af47dac493