SUSE-FU-2012:1459-1: Feature update for kdump and crash

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   SUSE Feature Update: Feature update for kdump and crash
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-FU-2012:1459-1
Rating:             low
References:         #761624 #765379 #784913 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has three feature fixes can now be
   installed. It includes two new package versions.

Description:


   This update provides support for LZO compressed kdump files.

   In addition, crash has been updated to 6.0.7 which includes
   the following  enhancements:

   * Enhanced the search command to allow the searched-for
   value to be entered as a crash (expression) or a kernel
   symbol name
   * Added a new "search -t" option that will restrict the
   search to the kernel stack pages of all tasks.
   * Fix for the s390x "bt -[tT]" options when run on an
   active task on a live system
   * Fix for s390x "vm -p" option, which may show invalid
   user to physical address translation data if a page is not
   mapped.
   * Added new "vm -[xd]" options to be used in
   conjunction with "vm
   -[mv]", which override the current default output
   format with hexadecimal or decimal format for just the
   command instance.
   * Fix for the s390x "vm -p" command and "vtop -u "
   commands to properly translate pages that are swapped out
   into their swap file and offset. Without the patch, the
   swap file and offset would not be displayed.
   * Add support to for reading dumpfiles compressed by
   LZO using makedumpfile version 1.4.4 or later.
   * Added a new "printm" command to the embedded gdb
   module
   * Added a new "runq -t" option that displays the
   timestamp information Added a new "runq -t" option that
   displays the timestamp information of each cpu's runqueue,
   which consists of either the rq.clock, the
   rq.most_recent_timestamp or rq.timestamp_last_tick value,
   whichever applies. Following each cpu timestamp is the
   last_run or timestamp value of the active task on that cpu,
   whichever applies, along with the task identification.


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-kdump-lzo-support-7006

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-kdump-lzo-support-7006

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-kdump-lzo-support-7006

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-kdump-lzo-support-7006

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 6.0.7]:

      crash-devel-6.0.7-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.4 and 6.0.7]:

      crash-6.0.7-0.5.1
      makedumpfile-1.4.4-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.4 and 6.0.7]:

      crash-6.0.7-0.5.1
      crash-sial-6.0.7-0.5.1
      kdump-0.7.8-1.33.40.3
      makedumpfile-1.4.4-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.4 and 6.0.7]:

      crash-6.0.7-0.5.1
      crash-sial-6.0.7-0.5.1
      makedumpfile-1.4.4-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 x86_64):

      kdump-0.7.8-1.33.40.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.4]:

      kdump-0.7.8-1.33.40.3
      makedumpfile-1.4.4-0.7.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/761624
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/765379
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/784913
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=83f0e8afdc8e7c22b219e72021cf26d2