Recommended update for Linux kernel (k_deflt)
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM zSeries
Package: k_deflt
Release: 20030115
Obsoletes: none
- fix for a data loss bug on umount of ext3 filesystems
- fix for a kernel oops from NFS client which can only occur under extreme NFS load
- backport of additional NFS fixes from 2.4.20
- fix for a scheduler problem where an RT task could hang the system
- fix for backspacing more than 511 files in the S/390 tape driver
- fix for file mark handling bug in
osst
that breaks backup programs - avoid race between the sync of the unused list and unmount while unmounting filesystems
- fix for security issues of the 3270 terminal driver and other drivers
- adding further recommeded fixes for the 3270 color terminal driver
- adding the missing config options for the software watchdog
- doesn't align "
vm_area_struct
" anymore in order to save space - fix for the loop device used directly on S/390 devices with a hardware blocksize greater than 512 byte
- change of the definition of IPID_CPU_GRAB to 4
- several SMP fixes concerning
xprt-xid-spinlock
,ipid
distribution, two RPC requests with the same XID, kernel NFSd replay cache - update of kernel JFS to version 1.1.0, the changes are:
- Make
txForce
actually force the metadata to disk - Fix off-by-one error when the symbolic link length is 256
jfs_clear_inode
should skip bad inodes, not choke on them
- Make
rpm -Uvh k_deflt.rpm mkinitrd zipl
Please do not forget to run "
mkinitrd
" or "zipl
", otherwise your system will not IPL. Now IPL the new kernel withshutdown -r now
To give local shell users time to gracefully log out, exchange "
now
" with the appropriate amount of time, for example "+5
" for five minutes.Download Source Packages
Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.
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