A dracut bug fix and enhancement update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

El-errata: ELBA-2023-0104 Oracle Linux 8 dracut bug fix and enhancement update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2023-0104

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2023-0104.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
dracut-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
dracut-caps-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
dracut-config-generic-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
dracut-config-rescue-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
dracut-live-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
dracut-network-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
dracut-squash-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
dracut-tools-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
dracut-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
dracut-caps-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
dracut-config-generic-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
dracut-config-rescue-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
dracut-live-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
dracut-network-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
dracut-squash-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
dracut-tools-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates//dracut-049-218.git20221019.0.1.el8_7.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[049-218.git20221019.0.1]
- Enable the code to create ifcfg file [Orabug: 33888951]
- Skip parse iscsiroot.sh on PV VMs [Orabug: 33676753]
- Add blk_mq_alloc_disk and blk_cleanup_disk to blockfuncs [Orabug: 33603682]
- Change installation dir in network legacy module-setup so that file is never missing [Orabug: 33516170]
- Fix paths in squash module, so that correct modprobe is installed [Orabug: 33514517]
- Restore 51-dracut-rescue-postinst.sh for anaconda compatibility
- Install missing 68-del-part-node.rules [Orabug: 32827579]
- Add manpage for single-dhcp [Orabug 32201686]
- Fix permission denied error while upgrading from OL8u2 to OL8u3 [Orabug 32160196]
- Use pgrep in dhcp-multi.sh to make efficient and error free [Orabug 32254008]
- Send DHCP request in parallel on all interfaces for 80% boot time improvement [Orabug: 32034110]
- Revert fix for [Orabug: 31404167]
- drop 51-dracut-rescue.install patch
- Send DHCP query only on min BDF device to improve boot times by 50-60 secs [Orabug: 31404167]
- add ofb and cts to 01fips kernel module list [Orabug: 30622737]
- dracut-shutdown.service should run before shutdown.target is invoked [Orabug: 29629738]
- Fix kernel-core POSTTRANS script issues with kernel command line [Orabug: 29542203]
- Update list of necessary files after squashfs execution [Orabug: 29864620]
- Supress iscsidm error output during non-debug PV boot [Orabug: 29846195]
- Stop block device service in case system is dropped to emergency shell [Orabug: 29851988]
- Enable booting from block device if netroot=iscsi has failed [Orabug: 29478156]
- Fix BOOTPROTO calculation for iscsi [Orabug: 29518713]
- Calculate relative path for kernel and initrd in 51-dracut-rescue.instal [Orabug: 29503293]
- 40network scripts ifup and netlib updates for iSCSI [Orabug: 28502725]
- Increase timeout when waiting for carrier detection on a network interface [Orabug: 24657828] (kevin.x.lyons@oracle.com)
- add hyperv-keyboard for Hyper-V Gen2 VM [Orabug: 19191303] (Vaughan Cao)

[049-218.git20221019]
- Dracut: only login to one target at a time
- iscsi: don't continue waiting if the root device is present
- network: stop waiting for interfaces if root device is
- iscsiroot: parse_iscsi_root overwrites command line args
- iscsiroot: there's never more than one target per call
- iscsiroot: try targets only once
- iscsiroot: remove bashisms
- fixup "Dracut: only login to one target at a time"
- 35network-legacy: only skip waiting for interfaces if netroot

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