Releases: ibm-s390-linux/s390-tools
Releases · ibm-s390-linux/s390-tools
v2.38.0
For Linux kernel version: 6.14 / 6.15
Add new tools
- udev: New rule to set newly hotplugged CPUs online
- zmemtopo: Display memory topology information
- zpwr: Display power readings of a partition and CPC
Removed tools / features
- check_hostkeydoc: Remove installation target
- scsi_logging_level: Delete SCSI logging script (available in sg3_utils)
- zdump: Drop build_arch for s390 DASD dumps
- zdump: Drop non-extended multi-volume DASD dump support
- zdump: Drop support of 32-bit dump architecture
- zdump: Drop support of non-extended single volume DASD dumpers
- zdump: Drop support of obsolete dumps and dumpers
Changes of existing tools / libraries
- Various man-pages fixes
- check_hostkeydoc: Add deprecation warning
- check_hostkeydoc: Move to scripts directory
- cpuplugd: Allow cpu hotplugging on systems without polarization
- dbginfo.sh: Add Ubuntu snap tool
- dbginfo.sh: Add missing config data and logs
- dbginfo.sh: Reworking the container section
- dbginfo.sh: Update for network commands
- dbginfo.sh: Updating info for disks and lvm
- libutil: Add machine type definition for machines 9175 and 9176
- lscpumf: Add support for IBM z17 counter sets
- lshwc: Add command line flag for run time
- lshwc: Add flags to display counter values in hex
- lshwc: Add output '--format' option
- lshwc: Add support for delta counter value display
- lspai: Add output '--format' option
- lsreipl: Add secure boot state to output
- lswhc: Add short names to lshwc output
- pv_tools: Add Bash and Zsh completions
- pvapconfig: Add '--unbind' option
- pvimg/boot: Print error messages from stage3a bootloader
- pvimg: Add support for CCK update
- pvsecret: Add support for CCK update
- pvsecret: Allow retrieving secrets by index & warn for duplicated entries
- pvsecret: Deny adding secrets with duplicated secret IDs
- zdev: Add support for virtio devices
- zipl: Enhance mirror support
- zipl: Implement '--dry-run' option for all dump jobs
- zipl_helper.device-mapper: Support mirrors over NVMe devices
- zkey/dracut: Add a dracut config file for zkey
- zkey/initramfs: Update initramfs hook to correct drivers and include zkey plugins
- zkey: Add support for converting a clear-key LUKS2 volume to use a secure key
Bug Fixes
- chpstat: Add missing CMG 5 data fields
- chpstat: Fix DPU utilization calculation
- libutil/util_file: Handle over-read in util_file_read_fd()
- pvattest: Fix successful 'check' evaluation
- pvsecret: Fix some edge cases for plaintext keys
- zipl_helper.device-mapper: Fix imprecise is_device_mapper() predicate
- zkey: Fix EP11 secure key reencipher function
- zpcictl: Fix command line parsing for invalid options
v2.37.0
For Linux kernel version: 6.13
Changes of existing tools:
- dbginfo.sh: Add details on CPU-measurement
- dbginfo.sh: Add new crypto command
- dbginfo.sh: Add overview commands and crypto update
- dbginfo.sh: Adding kdump info
- dbginfo.sh: Removing outdated email references
- dbginfo.sh: Rework network section
- dbginfo.sh: Update copyright 2nd year
- pvimg: Add '--(enable|disable)-image-encryption' flags to 'pvimg create'
- pvimg: Add '--cck ' command line option and make '--comm-key' an alias
- pvimg: Add '--hdr-key' command line option to 'pvimg create'
- pvimg: Rename '--key' into '--hdr-key' and use '--key' as an alias (for 'pvimg info')
- pvsecret: Add support for retrievable secrets
- ziorep_config: Add PCHID field to adapter report
- ziorep_traffic: Add DEVBUSID column to traffic report
- ziorep_utilization: Add --fcp-device parameter to print virtual adapter report
- ziorep_utilization: Add PCHID column to physical adapter report
- ziorep_utilization: Now prints only physical adapter report by default
- ziorep_utilization: Swap Bus-ID and CHPID columns in virtual adapter report
- zipl/boot: Increase section size for eckd_mv dumper
- zkey: Add support for listing and importing protected virtualization secrets
Bug Fixes:
- chpstat: Fix invalid utilization data on older kernels
- opticsmon: Fix runaway loop in on_link_change()
- zipl: Update inline assembly for GCC 15
- zipl_helper.device-mapper: Add missed step in logical device resolution
v2.36.0
For Linux kernel version: 6.12
s390-tools: Define Rust MSRV as 1.75.0
Add new tools / libraries:
- cpacfinfo: Tool to provide CPACF information
- opticsmon: Tools to monitor optical modules for directly attached PCI based NICs
- pvimg: Rust rewrite of genprotimg
Changes of existing tools:
- chpstat: Add data bandwidth utilization column
- chpstat: Add support for full CMCB
- chpstat: Add support for new CMG types
- dbginfo.sh: add overview commands and crypto update
- hyptop: Support for structured output (json, json-seq, csv)
- lszfcp: Add missing fallback marker for non-good fc_host port_state
- lszfcp: Improve speed with many SCSI devices
- pvattest: Add attestation policy check command
- zipl: Add support of partitions of mirror md-devices
Bug Fixes:
- lszcrypt: Fix wrong state showing up for removed AP queue within SE guest
- lszfcp: Show device names line for zfcp_units without SCSI device
v2.35.0
For Linux kernel version: 6.11
Changes of existing tools:
- cpacfstats: Add support for FULL XTS (MSA 10) and HMAC (MSA 11) PAI counter
- cpuplugd: Make cpuplugd compatible with hiperdispatch
- dbginfo.sh: Add network sockstat info
- pvapconfig: s390x exclusive build
- zdev: Add option to select IPL device
- zdump/dfo_s390: Support s390 DFO for vr-kernel dumps
- zipl: Add support of mirror devices
Bug Fixes:
- (genprotimg|zipl)/boot: discard .note.package ELF section to save memory
- netboot/mk-s390image: Fix size when argument is a symlink
- ziorep_config: Fix warning message when multipath device is not there.
- zipl: Fix problems when target parameters are specified by user
- zipl: Fix segfault when creating device-based dumps with '--dry-run'
v2.34.0
For Linux kernel version: 6.10
Changes of existing tools:
- ap_tools/ap-check: Add support for vfio-ap dynamic configuration
- dbginfo.sh: Update/Add additional DASD data collection
- dumpconf: Add new parameter 'SCP_DATA' for SCSI/NVMe/ECKD dump devices
- libutil: Make formatted meta-data configurable
- s390-tools: Replace 'which' with built-in 'command -v'
- zdump/dfi_elf: Support core dumps of vr-kernels
Bug Fixes:
- chzdev: Fix warning about failed ATTR writes by udev
- rust/pv: Try again if first CRL-URI is invalid
- rust/pvattest: Add short option for --arpk
- zdump: Fix 'zgetdump -i' ioctl error on s390 formatted dump file
v2.33.1
v2.33.0
For Linux kernel version: 6.9
Add new tools / libraries:
- chpstat: New tool for displaying channel path statistics
- libutil: Add output format helpers(util_fmt: JSON, JSON-SEQ, CSV, text pairs)
Changes of existing tools / libraries:
- chzdev: Add --is-owner to identify files created by zdev
- dasdfmt: Change default mode to always use full-format (Note: affects ESE DASD)
- libap: Significantly reduce delay time between file lock retries
- pvattest: Rewrite from C to Rust
- pvattest: Support additional data & user-data
- rust/pv: Support for Attestation
Bug Fixes:
- chreipl: Improve disk type detection when running under QEMU
- dbginfo.sh: Use POSIX option with uname
- s390-tools: Fix missing hyphen escapes in the man page for many tools
- zipl/src: Fix bugs in disk_get_info() reproducible in corner cases
v2.32.0
For Linux kernel version: 6.8
Changes of existing tools:
- cpumf/lscpumf: add support for machine type 3932
- genprotimg, pvattest, and pvsecret accept IBM signing key with Armonk as
subject locality - zdump/zipl: Support for List-Directed dump from ECKD DASD
- zkey: Detect FIPS mode and generate PBKDF for luksFormat according to it
Bug Fixes:
- dbginfo.sh: dash compatible copy sequence
- rust/pv_core: Fix UvDeviceInfo::get() method
- zipl/src: Fix leak of files if run with a broken configuration
- zkey: Fix convert command to accept only keys of type CCA-AESDATA
v2.31.0
For Linux kernel version: 6.7
General:
- common.mak: Set default C/C++ standard to gnu11/gnu++11
Add new tools / libraries:
- pvapconfig: Tool to automatically configure APQNs in SE KVM guests
- s390-tools: Provide pre-commit configuration
Changes of existing tools:
- cpuplugd: Adjust to CPU 0 being no longer hotpluggable
- dbginfo.sh: Check for Dynamic Partition Mode
- dbginfo.sh: Update man page and copyright
- rust/pv: Add user-data signing and verifying
- rust/pvsecret: Add user defined signatures and verifications
- zdev/dracut: Consolidate device configuration
Bug Fixes:
- dbginfo.sh: Fix relative path on script copy
- libkmipclient: Fix build with libxml2-2.12.0
- pvsecret: Fix panic if empty file is used as host key document
- rust/pv: Fix 'elided_lifetimes_in_associated_constant' warning
v2.30.0
For Linux kernel version: 6.6
Add new tools / libraries:
- lspai: Tool to display PAI counter sets
- s390-tools: Provide a ShellCheck configuration
Changes of existing tools / libraries:
- cpumf/pai: Add command line option for realtime scheduling
- dbginfo.sh: enhance ethtool collection for ROCE
- libutil/util_lockfile: add routine to return owning pid of file lock
- lszcrypt: Improve lszcrypt output on SE guests
- rust: Use a single workspace for all rust tools
- zdev: limit the derivation of ZDEV_SITE_ID
- zdump/df_s390: Update 'zgetdump -i' output with zlib info
- zdump/dfi_s390: Support reading compressed s390_ext dumps
- zipl/boot: Integrate zlib compression to single volume DASD dumper
- zipl/boot: compile the bootloaders only if HOST_ARCH is s390x
- zipl: Add --no-compress option to zipl command
- zkey: Also check for deconfigured and check-stopped cards
Bug Fixes:
- ap_tools/ap-check: handle get-attributes between pre and post event
- libutil: fix util_file_read_*() using wrong format specifiers
- rust/pv: fix Invalid write of size 1