Recommended update for Linux kernel
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(Last modified: 30JUN2005)
solutions Recommended update for Linux kernel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (48bee3d4a642a4bca5d17d853d098be0)
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Product(s): SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM zSeries
Patch: patch-10268
Release: 20050630
Obsoletes: 8cb0aa3b1ee5031c67c4ee14f4858126
- Several JFS stability fixes.
- Fixed a small MD autostart bug.
- Fixed memfrac and lower_zone_reserve kernel parameters.
- Fixed a harmless bug in rwsem just in case some driver uses it.
- Updated to codedrop 2005-06-07:
- dasd: Fixed init request queuing and locking. (Prob-ID: 16100)
- kernel: Any guest can send smsg messages to cmm. (Prob-ID: 14816)
- z90crypt: Unnecessary messages in syslog. (Prob-ID: 15938)
- zfcp: Do port re-open only if test link fails. (Prob-ID: 16146)
- zfcp: Bug during adapter shutdown. (Prob-ID: 15658)
- Enable stack traces during gfp debugging.
rpm -Fvh k_deflt.rpm
zipl
Finally, reboot the system with
shutdown -r now
to load the new kernel (replace "now" with the appropriate amount of time to allow local users to cleanly log out, for example "+5" for five minutes.)
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