Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3746-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut fixes the following issues:

  • Fix for error handling and downgrade module load failure to a warning as it is not fatal at all. (bsc#1169997)
  • Implement network setup on 'infiniband' devices. (bsc#996146)

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3746=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3746=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3746=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • dracut-044.2-17.19.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.2-17.19.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.2-17.19.1
    • dracut-fips-044.2-17.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-044.2-17.19.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.2-17.19.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.2-17.19.1
    • dracut-fips-044.2-17.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dracut-044.2-17.19.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.2-17.19.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.2-17.19.1
    • dracut-fips-044.2-17.19.1

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