SUSE-RU-2023:4683-1: moderate: Recommended update for nvme-stas

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# Recommended update for nvme-stas

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:4683-1  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1214078

  
Affected Products:

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

  
  
An update that has one fix can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for nvme-stas fixes the following issues:

  * Update to version 2.3
  * Support for NVMe Boot Firmware Table (NBFT) as configuration source
  * Optimization of udev handling (bsc#1214078)
  * Bug fixes and optimizations
  * Improve algorithm to see if we can reuse existing connections
  * udev: Optimize uevent handling
  * iputil: Reduce amount of netlink requests to the kernel
  * udev: FC/Loop - use case-insensitive comparison for traddr
  * trid: Take Host NQN into account
  * avahi: add connectivity checker to verify IP addresses are reachable
  * stafd|ctrl: Do not recreate ctrl object on nvme removed events
  * udev: Rework/simplify _cid_matches_tid()
  * udev-rules: Only react to `rediscover` events (not `connected`)
  * udev: Use ipaddress objects when comparing traddr.
  * udev: Only take src-addr into account for transport=="tcp"
  * trid: use strong comparison on host-iface
  * udev-rule: Invoke systemctl "restart" instead of "start"
  * udev: improve comparison between candidate and existing controllers
  * nbft: stafd will now use NBFT data (if found)
  * nbft: Add NbftConf() object to retrieve and cache NBFT data
  * iputil: Add mac2iface() and corresponding unit test
  * ctrl: fix inverted logic "is not None" to "is None"
  * staslib: Add method to retrieve NBFT data

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4683=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4683=1

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-4683=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * nvme-stas-2.3-150500.3.9.1
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * nvme-stas-2.3-150500.3.9.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214078

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