- v2.11.x (2019-xx-xx)
For Linux kernel version: 5.x
Changes of existing tools:
Bug Fixes:
- v2.11.0 (2019-09-06)
For Linux kernel version: 5.3
Changes of existing tools:
- dasdfmt: Add support for thin-provisioned volumes
- lsdasd: Add support for thin-provisioned volumes
- libdasd: Provide function to utilise release space ioctl
- libdasd: Provide function to read ese sysfs attribute
- dbginfo: Add lspci (PCI devices) and smc_dbg (SMC sockets)
- dbginfo: Gather ethtool related data
Bug Fixes:
- zipl: Fix freeing of uninitialized pointer
- zipl: Set correct secure IPL default value
- v2.10.0 (2019-07-31)
For Linux kernel version: 5.2
Changes of existing tools:
- zdev: Add zfcp dix parameter handling
- cpumf: Add support for CPU-Measurement Facility counters SVN 6
Bug Fixes:
- libutil: Add functions to test path is read/write-only
- zdev: Fix reporting of read-only sysfs attributes
- zdev: Improve handling of invalid udev rules
- zipl: Fix stfle zero padding
- zipl: Fix build issues
- zipl: Remove trailing spaces from the fields defined in BLS files
- zipl: Do not overwrite BOOT_IMAGE entry
- zkey: Fix auto-detection of clear key bitsize for XTS keys
- v2.9.0 (2019-05-21)
For Linux kernel version: 5.0 / 5.1
Add new tool:
- zcryptstats: Add zcryptstats to display usage statistics of IBM Crypto Express adapters
Changes of existing tools:
- lszfcp: New command line option to show module parameters
- lszfcp: Sdev attributes for scsi_disk, block, integrity, queue, iosched
- lszfcp: Add new output marker for non-good SCSI devices (luns)
- lszfcp: Add new output marker for non-good fc_rports
- lszfcp: Clean up whitespace (mixed indentation, trailing)
- lschp: Add support for specifying a CHPID
- zipl: Add secure boot capabilities
- zkey: Add common passphrase options for cryptsetup and crypttab
- zkey: Add batch-mode option to cryptsetup and zkey-cryptsetup
- libu2s: Remove the entire library and provide more robust functionality in libdasd and libutil instead
Bug Fixes:
- lszfcp: Allow to show zfcp_units without associated SCSI device
- lszfcp: Attribute details for: css, zfcp_port, zfcp_unit
- lszfcp: Allow to also enumerate FCP device that have never been online
- lszfcp: Fix error message if no zfcp-attached SCSI device found
- lszfcp: Fix to show defunct FCP devices again
- lszfcp: Fix to show non-good target ports again
- lszfcp: Fix missing block & sg device output without CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
- lszfcp: New command line option for extended output format
- zfcpdbf: Warn about ambiguous payload records with dup reqid & payarea
- zpcictl: Check for regular directory to prevent possible buffer overflow
- v2.8.0 (2019-02-15)
For Linux kernel version: 4.20
Changes of existing tools:
- Switch to using /run directory instead of the legacy /var/run
- zkey: Add --pbkdf pbkdf2 to generated cryptsetup luksFormat command
- zdsfs: Add online VTOC refresh
- pkey: Support autoloading kernel pkey module
Bug Fixes:
- zkey: Avoid EPERM on key change if user is not owner of key file
- cpumf/cpumf_helper: Always return list reference for --sfb-size
- v2.7.1 (2018-12-13)
For Linux kernel version: 4.19
Changes of existing tools:
- zkey: Enhance file read/write error handling
- cmsfs-fuse: Write more than a single line in linefeed mode
- zpcictl: Add warning for unsupported operations
- zipl: Use the BLS "title" field as the IPL section name
Bug Fixes:
- cmsfs-fuse: Fix iconv buffer aliasing
- cmsfs-fuse: Fix memory leak in cmsfs_rename()
- fdasd: Fix possible integer overflow
- fdasd: Fix resource leak in fdasd_parse_conffile()
- zdev: Fix memory leak in misc_readlink()
- dasdinfo: Display error messages on stderr
- zkey: Include /sbin into PATH when executing commands
- Makefile: Fix parallel build
- GCC8 warning fixes across the board for: cmsfs-fuse, dasdinfo, dasdview, dump2tar, fdasd, hmcdrvfs, hyptop, ip_watcher, libvmdump, libvtoc, lsqeth, lszcrypt, qethqoat, zdev, zdsfs, zgetdump, zipl, zpcictl
- v2.7.0 (2018-10-31)
For Linux kernel version: 4.19
Add new tool:
- zcryptctl: Add zcryptctl for multiple zcrypt node management
- zpcictl: Add zpcictl for reporting defective PCI devices
Changes of existing tools:
- qethqoat: Add OSA-Express7S support
- lszcrypt: Add support for alternative zcrypt device drivers
- zfcpdump: Add install script for zfcpdump
- zipl: Make zipl work with XFS by using the FIEMAP mapping ioctl
Bug Fixes:
- lstape: Fix output with SCSI lin_tape and multiple paths to same unit
- lstape: Fix output without SCSI generic (sg)
- lsluns: Fix to prevent error messages if there are non-zfcp SCSI devices
- lstape: Fix to prevent error messages if there are non-zfcp SCSI devices
- lstape: Fix description of --type and filter for channel tapes
- lstape: Fix SCSI output description in man page
- lstape: Fix SCSI HBA CCW device bus-ID e.g. for virtio-scsi-ccw
- Direct --help and --version output to stdout for several tools
- osasnmpd: Start without real OSA devices
- v2.6.0 (2018-08-10)
For Linux kernel version: 4.18
Add new tool:
- zkey: Add zkey-cryptsetup tool Changes of existing tools:
- netboot: add BOOTIF support
Bug Fixes:
- mon_procd: fix parsing of /proc//stat
- netboot: Include compressed kernel modules in initramfs
- netboot: Send client architecture and handle path prefix
- v2.5.0 (2018-06-08)
For Linux kernel version: 4.17
Changes of existing tools:
- zdev: Add support for reading firmware configuration files
- zipl: Add BootLoaderSpec support
- scripts: Add script to switch zipl config to a BootLoaderSpec setup
Bug Fixes:
- lsluns: Print a message if no adapter or port exists
- v2.4.0 (2018-05-07)
For Linux kernel version: 4.16
Changes of existing tools:
- dbginfo: Gather nvme related data
- zipl: Rewrite helper script in C
- libutil: Add function util_strstrip
- libvmcp: Introduce libvmcp
- zipl: Extend DASD stand-alone dumpers to drop zero pages
- zgetdump: Add verbose option
- zgetdump: Add 'Dump file size' field for zgetdump -i output
- cpumf: Add IBM z14 ZR1 to the CPU Measurement Facility model list
- zkey: Add build dependency to OpenSSL (libcrypto)
- zkey: Add keystore implementation
Bug Fixes:
- hmcdrvfs: fix parsing of link count >= 1000
- zgetdump: Avoid Segfault on processing dumps with memory limit
- chreipl: correct fcp reipl sysfs write sequence
- udev: Replace WAIT_FOR with TEST keyword
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v2.3.0 (2018-01-30)
For Linux kernel version: 4.15
Changes of existing tools:
- lscpumf: Add support for IBM z14 hardware counters
- libdasd: Introduce libdasd and use for dasd tools
- zipl: Always build and link without PIE
Bug Fixes:
- zgetdump: Fix handling of DASD multi-volume dump for partitions above 4 GB
- zdev: Fix zdev dracut module aborting on unknown root device
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v2.2.0 (2017-12-07)
For Linux kernel version: 4.14
Removed tools:
- lsmem/chmem: Moved to util-linux >= 2.30
Changes of existing tools:
- lszcrypt: Add CEX6S support
- cpuplugd/mon_tools: Improve systemctl start error handling
- systemd: Install also the unit configuration files
Bug Fixes:
- build process: Fix parallel build for libutil
- cpi: Add missing Install section to service unit
- lsluns: Do not scan (all) if filters match nothing
- lsluns: Enhance usage statement and man page
- zdev: Use correct path to vmcp binary
- ziomon: Re-add missing line in ziomon_fcpconf
- ziomon: Fix non-zero return code in ziomon_util
- zipl: Remove invalid dasdview command line option
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v2.1.0 (2017-09-25)
For Linux kernel version: 4.13
Added new tools:
- netboot: Scripts for building a PXE-style netboot image for KVM
- 90-cpi.rules/cpictl: New udev rule to update CPI when KVM is used
Changes of existing tools:
- lsqeth/zdev: Add VNIC Characteristics support
Bug Fixes:
- chzcrypt: Corrected handling of insufficient permissions
- cpacfstats: Add size setting to perf event
- fdasd: Skip partition check with the force option
- ttyrun: Fix deprecated BindTo usage in [email protected]
- lszcrypt: Fix core dump caused by stack overwrite
- lszcrypt: Fix random domain printout when no config available
- zdev: Fix segfault with unknown qeth attribute
- zdev: Fix IPv6 NDP proxy description
- zdev: Fix zdev dracut module temp file location
- zkey: Correctly detect abbreviated commands
- zkey: Validate XTS key: ignore domain and card
- zkey: Use octal values instead of S_IRWX* constants
- zkey: Properly set umask to prohibit permissions to group and others
- zkey: Add -ldl to LDLIBS (not LDFLAGS)
- znetconf: Re-add missing line in lsznet.raw
- Fix several gcc 7 warnings
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v2.0.0 (2017-08-21)
- Publish package under the MIT license with the same contents as the already available s390-tools-1.39.0
Previous releases of s390-tools can be found on the IBM Developer Works web pages: