Recommended update for kdump

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2021:0020-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1108255 bsc#1111207 bsc#1123940 bsc#1125218 bsc#1153601 bsc#1170336 bsc#1173914 bsc#1177196
Affected Products:	HPE Helion OpenStack 8 SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

An update that has eight fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kdump fixes the following issues:

• Remove console=hvc0 from command line. (bsc#1173914)
• Set serial console from Xen command line. (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:

• HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2021-20=1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-20=1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-20=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-20=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2021-20=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2021-20=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-20=1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2021-20=1

Package List:

• HPE Helion OpenStack 8 (x86_64)
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-7.25.1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 (x86_64)
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-7.25.1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 (x86_64)
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-7.25.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-7.25.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3 (x86_64)
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-7.25.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-7.25.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-7.25.1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-0.8.16-7.25.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-7.25.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108255
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111207
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1123940
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1125218
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153601
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170336
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173914
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177196