[ol8_baseos_latest] kexec-tools-2.0.26-8.0.1.el8.aarch64

kexec-tools provides /usr/sbin/kexec binary that facilitates a new
kernel to boot using the kernel's kexec feature either on a
normal or a panic reboot. This package contains the /usr/sbin/kexec
binary and ancillary utilities that together form the userspace
component of the kernel's kexec feature.

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• Wed Oct 18 2023 EL Errata <el-errata_ww@oracle.com> - 2.0.26-8.0.1

  - Backport of upstream crash hotplug support [Orabug: 35884454]
  - Drop kexec-tools-2.0.25-makedumpfile-sadump-fix-failure-of-reading-memory-when-5-le.patch
  - Insert new udev rules for crash hotplug into 98-kexec.rules
  - sadump: fix failure of reading memory when 5-level paging is enabled
  - Update UEK reserved sizes [Orabug: 35224510]
  - makedumpfile: fix issue where manpage wont load [Orabug: 34219528]
  - add requires for virt-what [Orabug: 34015178]
  - kdump/kexec: fix saving vmcore-dmesg.txt failed on aarch64 with UEK7 [Orabug: 33748084]
  - kdump: skip lvm private devices [Orabug: 33822070]
  - Merge 8.4 extra patches for SB boot environment [Orabug: 33512440]
  - Merge SRPM/ol8-u4 orabug patches into SRPM/ol8-u5 [Orabug: 33471981]
  - Reformat orabug33822070-kdump-skip-lvm-private-devices.patch [Orabug: 33822070]
  - Drop oracle specific patches no longer applicable [Orabug: 32258986] [Orabug: 33748084]

• Thu Aug 10 2023 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.26-8

  - mkdumprd: Use the correct syntax to redirect the stderr to null
  - mkdumprd: call dracut with --add-device to install the drivers needed by /boot partition automatically for FIPS
  - Add NICs that handle DNS queries to the allowlist

• Wed Jul 12 2023 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.26-7

  - Revert "Revert "Append both nofail and x-systemd.before to kdump mount target"

• Thu Jun 29 2023 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.26-6

  - dracut-module-setup.sh: skip installing driver for the loopback interface
  - Reduce kdump memory consumption by only installing needed NIC drivers

• Tue Jun 13 2023 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.26-5

  - Revert "Append both nofail and x-systemd.before to kdump mount target"

• Wed May 31 2023 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.26-4

  - Only rename the virtual Azure Hyper-V network interface

• Tue May 16 2023 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.26-3

  - Don't rename Azure Hyper-V network interface

• Thu Apr 20 2023 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.26-2

  - sadump: fix failure of reading memory when 5-level paging is enabled

• Tue Apr 04 2023 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.25-7

  - Rebase makedumpfile to 1.7.2

• Tue Mar 14 2023 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.25-6

  - sysconfig: add zfcp.allow_lun_scan to KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_REMOVE on s390