Recommended update for iscsi

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(Last modified: 29DEC2004)

solutions Recommended update for iscsi SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (410ecafcda1cc163dcc087656b184f4e)

Applies to

Package: km_iscsi
linux-iscsi
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Patch: patch-9591
Release: 20041229
Obsoletes: none

Indications

SLES9 SP1 Update for linux-iscsi

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

Fix incorrect array boundary check in iscsi_xmit_task() (#48519).
Fix chap and digests for Big-Endian machines (#47980).
Patch by David Wysochanski (davidw@netapp.com) Increase cmds per LUN to 32 to decrease latency
Patches from David Wysochanski (davidw@netapp.com):
- Fix PowerPC 32/64-bit ioctl conversion (#46984)
- initiator doesn't send NOP-OUTs in discovery sessions
- small changes to proc_name

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fvh km_iscsi,linux-iscsi.rpm

links to download packages

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Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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