Recommended update for hwinfo
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2016:1288-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #908616 #913360 #941288 #943008 #949287 #974737 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for hwinfo provides the following fixes and enhancements:
- Adjust DMI parser to read memory size according to latest SMBIOS spec.
(bsc#974737)
- SCSI serial id: Read VPD page 0x80 from sysfs, if possible. (bsc#949287)
- Adjust disk device info gathering after NVMe driver change. (bsc#943008)
- Read disk model info also via SCSI inquiry command. (bsc#943008)
- Expose more properties to all devices in /proc/device-tree/vpd.
(bsc#941288)
- Add ARM platform devices. (bsc#908616)
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 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-760=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-760=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-760=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- hwinfo-debuginfo-21.24-2.6.1
- hwinfo-debugsource-21.24-2.6.1
- hwinfo-devel-21.24-2.6.1
- hwinfo-devel-debuginfo-21.24-2.6.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- hwinfo-21.24-2.6.1
- hwinfo-debuginfo-21.24-2.6.1
- hwinfo-debugsource-21.24-2.6.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
- hwinfo-21.24-2.6.1
- hwinfo-debuginfo-21.24-2.6.1
- hwinfo-debugsource-21.24-2.6.1