openSUSE Recommended Update: mkinitrd: several bugfixes and enhancements ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2013:1416-1 Rating: moderate References: #755642 #775268 #784613 #787075 #801984 #804398 #805059 #809742 #809812 #814540 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has 10 recommended fixes can now be installed. Description: This update fixes the following issues with mkinitrd: - Add support for zImage on ARM - Ask for system root password before starting shell - Find modalias for mmc driver - Fix boolean typo that is assume local time as default in warpclock. - Fix typo in man lsinitrd. - Handle both rootfsopts and rootflags when looking for mount options - Preserve existing /etc/nsswitch.conf in boot-network.sh - Remove usage of absolute path to readlink - add support for aarch64 - bnc#755642: + Handle moving ibft interface between interfaces and subnets + Skip static interfaces when configuring dhcp interfaces - bnc#775268: Include /etc/e2fsck.conf to get broken_system_clock=1 - bnc#784613: Fix boot from mdraid on top of multipath devices - bnc#787075: fix wrong target dependency (local_fs -> local-fs) - bnc#801984: Do not tell the user to refresh the bootloader when generating the kdump initrd. Also, fix the wording of the message - bnc#804398: Do not refresh the bootloader if no kernels are installed - bnc#805059: Package 61-msft.rules and sg_inq to support Windows Server 2012R2 - bnc#809742: Use the default gzip compression level - bnc#809812: Switch plymouth and/or splash off before escaping to emergency shell - bnc#814540: s390x: add support for scm devices - fate#314862: Include hyperv_fb if running in hyper-v guest - include mmc drivers in monster initrd - setup-storage: Support /dev/md/ subdir Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-684 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64): mkinitrd-2.7.2-3.5.1 mkinitrd-debuginfo-2.7.2-3.5.1 mkinitrd-debugsource-2.7.2-3.5.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/755642 https://bugzilla.novell.com/775268 https://bugzilla.novell.com/784613 https://bugzilla.novell.com/787075 https://bugzilla.novell.com/801984 https://bugzilla.novell.com/804398 https://bugzilla.novell.com/805059 https://bugzilla.novell.com/809742 https://bugzilla.novell.com/809812 https://bugzilla.novell.com/814540