openSUSE Recommended Update: kvm: Collective update for kvm ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2010:0920-1 Rating: low References: #565600 #569337 #598271 #598298 #599095 #603161 #603179 #603523 #610682 #619991 #621793 #637297 #640093 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that has 13 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

Description:

The following bugs are fixed by this update: - Bug 569337 - Make dzip not consume endless amounts of ram - Bug 565600 - Make block-tar work for images > 8 GB - Bug 598298 - restoring a KVM guest using Realtek 8139 results broken guest networking - Bug 621793 - sles11-sp1-jeos xen image failed to boot in testdrive - Bug 603161 - 11.3 / FACTORY ISOs don't boot in FACTORY's kvm - Bug 599095 - SLE11SP1 kvm version slows down building dramatically (flushing) - Bug 598271 - kvm not build with libaio/linux-aio support due to missing BuildReq - Bug 637297 - Revert Changed WB behavior - Bug 640093 - Change default memory from 384MB to 512MB, which is in keeping with the default used by vm-install.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.2:

zypper in -t patch kvm-3407

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

- openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.12.5]:

kvm-0.12.5-2.3.1

References:

https://bugzilla.novell.com/565600 https://bugzilla.novell.com/569337 https://bugzilla.novell.com/598271 https://bugzilla.novell.com/598298 https://bugzilla.novell.com/599095 https://bugzilla.novell.com/603161 https://bugzilla.novell.com/603179 https://bugzilla.novell.com/603523 https://bugzilla.novell.com/610682 https://bugzilla.novell.com/619991 https://bugzilla.novell.com/621793 https://bugzilla.novell.com/637297 https://bugzilla.novell.com/640093