Recommended update for udev

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(Last modified: 27MAY2005)

solutions Recommended update for udev SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (a7e52a9b36682ad190243c300060e82d)

Applies to

Package: udev
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-10190
Release: 20050527
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Apply this update when exporting files systems via NFS.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

Add support for EVPD 0xC0 to scsi_id (#47493)
add mmtimer:root:root:444 to udev.permissions (#50201)
Add rules for multipathed devices (#62493)
Backported fixes
Removed patch for #47493 due to performance reasons (#64033)
scsi_id should strip duplicate underscores (#62493)
Remove UDEVSTART_ON_BOOT hack which caused boot problems (#76711)

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 udev.rpm

links to download packages

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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