Recommended update for release-notes-sles

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2098-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2

An update that contains nine features and has 10 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for release-notes-sles fixes the following issues:

Releases Notes were updated to 15.2.20200729. (bsc#1174654)

  • Added notes:
  • Setting display manager via alternatives system. (bsc#1163166)
  • Intel OPA host software. (bsc#1174181)
  • Update of open-vm-tools. (jsc#ECO-2164)
  • Update of efivar. (jsc#SLE-13175)
  • Nested KVM as technology preview. (jsc#SLE-11271)
  • English/Chinese installer boot menu language switch. (jsc#SLE-12479)
  • IBM Z: RoCE ConnectX-4 performance issues. (bsc#1153309)

  • AArch64:

    • ThunderX3 SoC enablement. (jsc#SLE-9327)
    • NODES_SHIFT increase. (bsc#1158193)
    • KVM enablement for SVE. (jsc#SLE-9312)
    • KVM vCPU limit increase. (jsc#SLE-7698)
    • NR_CPUS increase. (jsc#SLE-9327)
    • AWS A1.metal. (jsc#SLE-7300)
    • vc4 limitations. (fate#322398)

  • Updated notes:

  • Improved Java version support information. (bsc#1171541)
  • Updated section about software requiring external contracts. (bsc#1161529)
  • Updated information about installation methods. (jsc#SLE-7101)
  • Fixed Vagrant box download instructions. (bsc#1174005)
  • AArch64: Raspberry Pi: Documented vc4 20-kms.conf. (fate#322398)

  • Virtualization: Added reference to Arm notes, overcommit docs.

  • Moved notes & minor improvements:

  • Updated bug tracker info. (bsc#1174481)
  • Updated URL for source code download. (bsc#1150672)
  • Clarified note about TLS support.
  • Merged Windows Subsystem for Linux notes.
  • Moved note about persistent SCSI naming to "Kernel" section.

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 Server 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP2-2020-2098=1 SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-2020-2098=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-15.2.20200729-3.3.1

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