Recommended update for Xen

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(Last modified: 12SEP2007)

solutions Recommended update for Xen SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (50aede3c254c28aaa098dcd09b9a70e0)

Applies to

Package: virt-manager
xen
xen-devel
xen-doc-html
xen-doc-pdf
xen-doc-ps
xen-libs
xen-tools
xen-tools-domU
xen-tools-ioemu
Product(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for x86
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for X86-64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Zypp-Patch-Number: 4245
Release: 20070912
Obsoletes: b99bf3bfdb6036f627facd1db412abde

Indications

All users of Xen should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This update fixes multiple issues in Xen. The complete list of resolved issues is:

186696: xend: Fix booting of PV from iSCSI
242953: xend: Fix 'Disk isn't accessible' when booting HVM with blktap
260504: vm-install: Read disks and NICs from XML
261508: vm-install: Check for disk conflicts before adding to disk list
263601: vm-install: Support 'sparse' flag from CLI
271697: vm-install: Accept period in VM's name
278190: vm-install: Adjust max memory to be at least initial memory
278915: vm-install: Search all disks for PV kernel; skip unpartitioned disks
279153: vm-install: Support disks on iscsi/qcow/nbd/file/phy/...
281022: vm-install: Hide progress window for better usability
283425: vm-install: Support RedHat kickstart
283546: vm-install: Change non-debug log level to WARN
286887: vm-install: Fails if PATH does not include /sbin and /usr/sbin
289275: xend: domU will not reboot if pci= is passed
289421: xend: xend allowed VMs with duplicate UUIDs
289569: Modify network-bridge to handle vlan
289581: vm-install: Support info files for --os-settings for SUSE
290889: xend: 'xm create --dry-run' not honored by bootloader
293130: xend: xen-vncfb processes were orphaned after failed VM startup
296083: vm-install: VMs fail to install if vncviewer not installed
296758: vm-install: Correctly read memory settings from GUI
298029: xend: Keymaps not loaded as per xend-config.sxp
298176: hvm: Do not enable NX if BIOS does not support it
299737: tools: xenmon.py in xen-tools requires python-curses
300757: vm-install: Option for 64 bit Windows XP/2003 does not exist
300764: hvm: Unable to install HVM guest using DVD ISO
304041: xend: Fix auto-start of domU when xend starts
305747: Fix bootstrapping of paravirtual SLES 9 SP4
306383: Fix unreadable linuxrc screen in paravirtual SLES 9 SP4 multiple bug numbers: VMX memory-mapped local APIC access optimization

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 virt-manager.rpm xen.rpm xen-devel.rpm xen-doc-html.rpm xen-doc-pdf.rpm xen-doc-ps.rpm xen-libs.rpm xen-tools.rpm xen-tools-domU.rpm xen-tools-ioemu.rpm

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