SUSE-RU-2013:0817-1: Recommended update for pmtools

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for pmtools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:0817-1
Rating:             low
References:         #777283 
Affected Products:
                    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 one recommended fix can now be installed.

Description:


   This update for pmtools fixes the following issue:

   * In acpidump, skip processing RSDT if XSDT was already
   processed and rsdt physical address is 0. This is the
   minimum fix to prevent crashes on Itanium/IA64 machines
   while not altering the output of acpidump on too many other
   machines.


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-pmtools-7631

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-pmtools-7631

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-pmtools-7631

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      pmtools-20071116-44.20.4.1

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

      pmtools-20071116-44.20.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      pmtools-20071116-44.20.4.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/777283
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=734f0df8ba8068d80f87f7a1751cb8ea