Recommended update for irqbalance

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for irqbalance
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1531-1
Rating: moderate
References: #949276
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for irqbalance fixes the following issues:

    - Add parameter IRQBALANCE_ARGS to sysconfig file, allowing users to pass
    arbitrary parameters to the daemon. (bsc#949276)
    - Balance correctly IRQs reappearing. (bsc#949276)
    - Classify PCI Sub-Class for better performance. (bsc#949276)
    - Continuously balance single socket systems. (bsc#949276)
    - Fix CPU hotplug segmentation fault. (bsc#949276)
    - NUMA is not available fix. (bsc#949276)
    - Follow latest PCI class code spec. (bsc#949276)
    - Make irqbalance work with Xen PV guest. (bsc#949276)
    - Re-calibrate some IRQ classes and levels. (bsc#949276)

    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-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-irqbalance-12604=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-irqbalance-12604=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • irqbalance-1.0.4-0.15.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-0.15.2
      • irqbalance-debugsource-1.0.4-0.15.2

    References: