Recommended update for udev

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for udev
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0755-1
Rating: moderate
References: #837804 #849840 #858663 #867840
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

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

    Description:


    This collective update for udev provides the following fixes:

    * udev: Increase result size for stdout. (bnc#867840).
    * rules: Add cciss by-id links when using hpsa module. (bnc#858663)
    * rules: Rewrite CPU/memory hotplug rules to make it more robust.
    (bnc#849840)
    * udevd: Add support for max_childs to cmdline. (bnc#837804)
    * udevd: Limit the number of workers count to 16. (bnc#837804)

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-libgudev-1_0-0-9101
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libgudev-1_0-0-9101
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libgudev-1_0-0-9101
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libgudev-1_0-0-9101

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libgudev-1_0-devel-147-0.92.1
      • libudev-devel-147-0.92.1
      • libudev0-147-0.92.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.92.1
      • libudev0-147-0.92.1
      • udev-147-0.92.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
      • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.92.1
      • libudev0-32bit-147-0.92.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.92.1
      • libudev0-147-0.92.1
      • udev-147-0.92.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.92.1
      • libudev0-32bit-147-0.92.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
      • libgudev-1_0-0-x86-147-0.92.1
      • libudev0-x86-147-0.92.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.92.1
      • libudev0-147-0.92.1
      • udev-147-0.92.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
      • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.92.1
      • libudev0-32bit-147-0.92.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/837804
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/849840
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/858663
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/867840
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0d295061493ce2c3956b67a98738428d