Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:3412-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut provides the following fixes:

  • Fix the task limit when running the emergency shell. This fixes a problem that was causing xfs_repair to crash when trying to repair a damaged XFS filesystem. (bsc#1019938)
  • Scan for files in /etc/multipath/conf.d when setting up a multipath configuration. (bsc#1048551)
  • Support AMD CPU families 0x16 and 0x17 (bsc#1072424)
  • Make ip=dhcp work. Previously, a network interface specifier was required. The new behaviour matches documented behaviour.
  • Remove 00systemd-bootchart, which is gone from systemd for some time (bsc#1067279)
  • support predictable interface names (boo#960669)
  • Include crc32c Intel module when using btrfs (bsc#1011554)
  • Switch back to fipvlan for bnx2fc (bsc#1052840)
  • 95fcoe: Allow bnc2x driver more time to complete DCB negotiation (bsc#1052840)
  • 95fcoe: add timeout initqueue entries (bsc#1052840)

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 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-2144=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-2144=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-2144=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-2144=1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-fips-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • dracut-fips-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dracut-fips-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.17.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.17.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.17.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.17.1

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