Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0179-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut provides the following fixes:

  • Set persistent policy to by-path on s390 platforms to prevent the system from hanging during boot when vDISKs are used as swap devices. (bsc#915218)
  • Correctly handle incomplete ibft bootflag settings. (bsc#1007648)
  • Do not pass ifname for bonding devices. (bsc#995812)
  • Always try to load the pinctrl-cherryview kernel module. (bsc#998440)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-86=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-86=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-86=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-86=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-86=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044-95.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044-95.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044-95.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • dracut-044-95.1
    • dracut-fips-044-95.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044-95.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044-95.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • dracut-044-95.1
    • dracut-fips-044-95.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044-95.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044-95.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-044-95.1
    • dracut-fips-044-95.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044-95.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044-95.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dracut-044-95.1
    • dracut-fips-044-95.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044-95.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044-95.1

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