Recommended update for kdump

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3604-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kdump fixes the following issues:

  • Remove console=hvc0 from commandline. (bsc#1173914)
  • Set serial console from Xen cmdline. (bsc#1173914)
  • Remove noefi and acpi_rsdp for EFI firmware. (bsc#1123940, bsc#1170336)
  • Add skip_balance option to BTRFS mounts. (bsc#1108255)
  • Do not add rd.neednet=1 to dracut command line. (bsc#1177196)

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 OpenStack Cloud 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2020-3604=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2020-3604=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2020-3604=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-ESPOS-2020-3604=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2020-3604=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3604=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3604=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3604=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (x86_64)
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.10.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (x86_64)
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.10.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.10.1

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