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Release history for s390-tools (MIT version)

  • v2.xx.x (20xx-xx-xx)

    For Linux kernel version: 6.x

    Add new tools / libraries:

    Changes of existing tools:

    Bug Fixes:

  • v2.35.0 (2024-10-01)

    For Linux kernel version: 6.11

    Add new tools / libraries:

    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 (2024-08-01)

    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 (2024-05-28)

    For Linux kernel version: 6.9

    Bug Fixes:

    • s390-tools: Fix formatting and typos in README.md
    • s390-tools: Fix release string

  • v2.33.0 (2024-05-27)

    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 (2024-04-03)

    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 (2024-02-02)

    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 (2023-12-01)

    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
    • dbginfo.sh: fix relative path on script copy

    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

  • v2.29.0 (2023-08-04)

    For Linux kernel version: 6.5

    General:

    • s390-tools now supports tools written in Rust.
    • Add compdb Makefile target to create 'compile_commands.json' to LSP backends in IDEs and editors

    Add new tools / libraries:

    • rust/pv: Library for pv tools written in rust
    • rust/pvsecret: Tool to manage UV-secrets

    Changes of existing tools:

    • dbginfo.sh: Global IFS variable
    • genprotimg: Add support for add-secret requests
    • genprotimg: Build debuginfo files for bootloader
    • hyptop: Add real SMT utilization field
    • hyptop: Allow users to set speedup factor
    • pvattest: Add yaml-output for verify command
    • zipl: Build debuginfo files for bootloader

    Bug Fixes:

    • dump2tar: Fix truncated paths
    • zdev/dracut: fix kdump build to integrate with site support

  • v2.28.0 (2023-07-11)

    For Linux kernel version: 6.4

    Changes of existing tools:

    • chzcrypt: Support for SE AP pass-through support
    • genprotimg: Add support for non-s390x architectures
    • lszcrypt: Support for SE AP pass-through support
    • zdev: Add support for autoquiesce related sysfs attributes

    Bug Fixes:

    • ap_tools/ap-check: Handle missing 'matrix' and 'control_domains' attrs
    • ap_tools/ap-check: Hold ap config file lock over get attributes
    • s390-tools: Fix build for ppc64le
    • zdev: Add missing label in the udev-rules
    • zdev: Add proper value input for the ZDEV_SITE_ID key
    • zdev: Use rename-file to avoid any symlinks created
    • zipl/dump: fix ngdump dracut helper script

  • v2.27.0 (2023-05-30)

    For Linux kernel version: 6.3

    Changes of existing tools:

    • s390-tools cross-compile and non-s390x support:
      • pkg-config is now mandatory for the build process
      • Add PKG_CONFIG Makefile variable to select pkg-config program; default pkg-config or $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config if CROSS_COMPILE is set
      • Rename Makefile variable ARCH to HOST_ARCH. HOST_ARCH is the architecture that will run the produced (executable) objects
      • Add the Makefile variable BUILD_ARCH. BUILD_ARCH is the architecture of the build system. For each Makefile variable like CC, LINK, CPP, ... there is a suffixed version of it - e.g. CC_FOR_BUILD. This is useful for cross compiling, and this naming convention is very similar to the Meson convention (see https://mesonbuild.com/Reference-tables.html#environment-variables-per-machine).
      • Limit build targets for non-s390x architectures (pvattest)
    • dasdfmt: Fall back to full format if space release fails
    • dbginfo.sh: Add nstat for network and SNMP stats
    • dbginfo.sh: Rework crypto data collection
    • hyptop: Show thread util by default
    • zipl: Add support for list-directed IPL dump from ECKD DASD

    Bug Fixes:

    • lszcrypt: Fix argument parsing
    • zdev/dracut: Fix out-of-memory (OOM) situations in the kdump crashkernel environment
    • ziomon/ziorep_config: Fix for SCSI devices of type disk without block dev
    • pvextract-hdr: Fix parsing issues on little-endian systems

  • v2.26.0 (2023-02-14)

    For Linux kernel version: 6.2

    Remove tools / libraries:

    • Remove vmconvert and libvmdump in favor of vmdump file support in zdump

    Changes of existing tools:

    • ipl_tools: Add support for list-directed IPL from ECKD DASD
    • lszcrypt: Display hardware filtering support capability
    • vmur: Remove option -c for dump file conversion (See zdump changes)
    • zdev: Add zfcp ber_stop parameter handling
    • zdump: Add vmdump dfi for vmdump format to elf format
    • zkey: Support EP11 host library version

    Bug Fixes:

    • zipl: Move dump parmline processing and verification
    • zipl/genprotimg: Various build improvements

  • v2.25.0 (2022-12-08)

    For Linux kernel version: 6.1

    Changes of existing tools:

    • ap_tools: Use new mdevctl installation location
    • lsdasd/tunedasd/zdev: Add support to handle copy pair relations presented by the DASD driver
    • zdev: Add --shell command line switch to generate output suitable for shell environments
    • zipl: Add List-Directed IPL from ECKD DASD to support secure boot

    Bug Fixes:

    • ipl_tools: Fix chreipl node for NVMes with CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH
    • libdasd: Fix bug that prevented positive ioctl return codes

  • v2.24.0 (2022-11-09)

    For Linux kernel version: 6.0

    Add new tools / libraries:

    • Provide config files for checkpatch, codespell, and clang-format

    Changes of existing tools:

    • dbginfo.sh: Collect log from various distro tools (YaST, DNF, Anaconda)
    • dbginfo.sh: add Kubernetes data collection
    • libutil: Introduce util_lockfile
    • zdev: Add site-aware device configuration
    • zdump: Add support to read Protected Virtualization dumps
    • zipl/boot: Add secure boot trailer

    Bug Fixes:

    • ap_tools/ap-check: Reject start for control domains without usage
    • cpumf/lshwc: Fix incremented counter output
    • cpumf/pai: Fix core dump when summary flag set
    • dbginfo.sh: Ensure compatibility with /bin/dash shell
    • dbginfo.sh: Save dbginfo.sh version to dbginfo.log
    • zipl/src/zipl_helper.device-mapper: Fix bug in error path

  • v2.23.0 (2022-08-18)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.19

    Changes of existing tools:

    • Makefile: use common Make definition for DRACUTDIR
    • Makefile: use common Make definition for UDEVDIR and UDEVRULESDIR
    • cpacfstats: Add PAI and hotplug support
    • cpumf/pai: Omit file write progress information
    • dbginfo.sh: Get more details on lspci command
    • dumpconf: Prevent running the service in containers
    • libcpumf: Detect PMU named pai_ext
    • pvattest: Improve error reporting and logging
    • zdev: Add some --type ap examples to manpages
    • zkey: Use default benchmarked Argon2i with LUKS2

    Bug Fixes:

    • dbginfo.sh: Fix accidental ftrace buffer shrinkage/free
    • genprotimg: Fix BIO_reset() returncode handling
    • libpv: Fix dependency checking
    • pvattest: Fix dependency checking
    • zipl: Fix segmentation fault when no parmline is provided

  • v2.22.0 (2022-06-20)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.18

    Add new tools / libraries:

    • ap_tools: Introduce ap_tools and the ap-check tool
    • cpumf/pai: Add Processor Activity Instrumentation tool
    • libpv: New library for PV tools
    • pvattest: Add new tool to create, perform, and verify attestation measurements
    • zipl/zdump: Add Next Gen Dump (NGDump) support

    Changes of existing tools:

    • Move man pages to System commands section (lscpumf, lshwc, pai, dbginfo.sh, zfcpdbf, zipl-switch-to-blscfg)
    • README.md: Add 70-chreipl-fcp-mpath.rules to the list of udev rule descriptions
    • Remove SysV related daemon scripts (cpacfstatsd, cpuplugd, mon_statd)
    • genprotimg: Move man page to section 1 for user commands
    • hyptop: increase initial update interval
    • libseckey: Adapt keymgmt_match() implementation to OpenSSL
    • libutil: Add util_exit_code
    • libutil: Introduce util_udev
    • zdev: Introduce the ap device type
    • zipl-editenv: Add zIPL multienvironment support
    • zipl: Implement sorting BLS entries by versions
    • zkey: Add initramfs hook

    Bug Fixes:

    • cmsfs-fuse: Fix enabling of hard_remove option
    • s390-tools: Fix typos that were detected by lintian as 'typo-in-manual-page'
    • zkey-kmip: Fix possible use after free
    • zkey: Fix EP11 host library version checking
    • zkey_kmip: Setup ext-lib once the APQNs have been configured

  • v2.21.0 (2022-04-20)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.17

    Add new tools / libraries:

    • libcpumf: Create library libcpumf for CPU Measurement functions

    Changes of existing tools:

    • chreipl-fcp-mpath: bundle a pre-cooked version of the manpage for build environments without access to pandoc
    • dbginfo.sh: Add multipath info to map paths to FC addressing and prio group
    • dbginfo.sh: Collect config files of systemd-modules-load.service
    • dbginfo.sh: Sort list of environment variables for readability
    • dbginfo.sh: Replace "which" by builtin command "type"
    • dbginfo.sh: Rework script formatting (indents, order)
    • dbginfo.sh: Update sysfs collection (excludes, messages)
    • genprotimg: Add Protected Virtualization (PV) dump support
    • genprotimg: Remove DigiCert root CA pinning
    • lszcrypt: Add CEX8S support
    • zcryptctl: Add control domain handling
    • zcryptstats: Add CEX8 support
    • zipl: Allow optional entries that are left out when files are missing
    • zipl: make IPL sections defined with BLS to inherit a target field
    • zpcictl: Add option to trigger firmware reset

    Bug Fixes:

    • cpictl: Handle excessive kernel version numbers
    • dbginfo.sh: Collect all places where modprobe.d config files could exist
    • fdasd: Fix endless menu loop on EOF
    • zdump/dfi: Fix segfault due to double free
    • zdump: Fix /dev/mem reading
    • zpcictl: Fix race of SCLP reset and Linux recovery

  • v2.20.0 (2022-02-04)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.16

    Add new tools / libraries:

    • Add EditorConfig configuration

    Changes of existing tools:

    • s390-tools switches to Fuse 3 as Fuse 2 is deprecated. Affected tools: cmsfs, hmcdrvfs, hsavmcore, zdsfs, zdump
    • chreipl-fcp-mpath: don't compress the manpage before installing it
    • cpictl: Report extended version information
    • genprotimg: Add extended kernel command line support
    • zdev: modify the lsblk output parser in lszdev
    • zipl: Add support for longer kernel command lines (now supports up to 64k length)

    Bug Fixes:

    • cpictl: Suppress messages for unwritable sysfs files
    • dbginfo.sh: Fix missing syslog for step create_package
    • lshwc: Fix CPU list parameter setup for device driver
    • zdev: Check for errors when removing a devtype setting
    • zdev: Fix path resolution for multi-mount point file systems

  • v2.19.0 (2021-11-10)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.15

    Add new tools / libraries:

    • chreipl-fcp-mpath: New toolset that uses multipath information to change the configured FCP re-IPL path on detecting issues with the current path

    Changes of existing tools:

    • dbginfo.sh: Add retry timeout and remove possible blocking "blockdev --report"
    • dbginfo.sh: Collect config- and debug-data for chreipl-fcp-mpath
    • hsci: Add support for multiple MAC addresses

    Bug Fixes:

    • lshwc: Fix compile error for gcc <8.1
    • zdump: Various clean-ups and fixes
    • ziomon: Correct throughput calculation in ziorep_printers
    • zipl: Fix segmentation fault when setting stage3_parms

  • v2.18.0 (2021-10-01)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.14

    Add new tools:

    • scripts: Add tool for parsing sclp s390dbf logs
    • zdev: Add udev rule helper tool
    • zipl-editenv: Add tool to operate with zIPL environment installed in the boot record

    Changes of existing tools:

    • Makefile: Fix order of build of libraries for parallel builds
    • dbginfo.sh: Add collection in area of timedate, coredump and --check option
    • dbginfo.sh: Add exception on dump2tar for /sys/kernel/mm/page_idle/bitmap
    • dbginfo.sh: Cleanup of outdated sections and general code rework
    • dbginfo.sh: Collect zipl boot menu entries from boot loader specification
    • lszcrypt: Add support for vfio-ap status field
    • lszcrypt: Improved output for deconfig cards and queues
    • lszfcp: Add linkdown case to host marker of extended output
    • zdev: Add auto-config for PCI and crypto devices
    • zdump: Introduce multi-level message logging
    • zipl: Add support for environment block interpretation
    • zkey-cryptsetup: Support LUKS2 volumes with integrity support enabled

    Bug Fixes:

    • hsavmcore: Avoid recompilation of overlay during install step
    • libkmipclient: Fix parsing of hex values for XML and JSON encoding
    • vmur/vmur.cpp: Fix error handling on transfer failure
    • zdump: Lots of smaller fixes across the board

  • v2.17.0 (2021-07-07)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.12 / 5.13

    Add new tools / libraries:

    • hsavmcore: New utility to make the dump process with kdump more efficient
    • libkmipclient: Add KMIP client shared library
    • libseckey: Add a secure key library
    • lshwc: New tool to extract and list complete counter sets

    Changes of existing tools:

    • genprotimg: Add '--(enable|disable)-pckmo' options
    • genprotimg: Add OpenSSL 3.0 support
    • genprotimg: Change plaintext control flags defaults so PCKMO functions are allowed
    • libutil: Introduce multi-level message logging (util_log)
    • libutil: Introduce util_arch module
    • udev/dasd: Change DASD udev-rule to set none scheduler
    • zdsfs: Add transparent codepage conversion
    • zkey: Add support for KMIP-based key management systems

    Bug Fixes:

    • ttyrun-getty: Avoid conflicts with serial-getty@
    • dbginfo: add /proc/kallsyms - refresh zVM, lscpu - fix WORKARCHIVE handling
    • dbginfo: add KVM data collection for server and guest - fix lszdev
    • genprotimg: Add missing return values in error paths
    • zkey: Fix conversion of CCA DATA keys to CCA CIPHER keys
    • znetconf: avoid conflict with "chzdev -e"

  • v2.16.0 (2021-02-19)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.10 / 5.11

    Add new tool:

    • hsci: New tool to manage HSCI (HiperSockets Converged Interfaces)

    Changes of existing tools:

    • genprotimg: Add host-key document verification support
    • genprotimg: boot: Make boot loader -march=z900 compatible
    • libekmfweb: Make install directory for shared libraries configurable
    • lsdasd: Add FC Endpoint Security information
    • make: Add address sanitizer support
    • netboot: Add version information to scripts
    • netboot: Bump busybox version in pxelinux.0 build
    • zdev: Add FC Endpoint Security information for DASD devices
    • zdev: Add build option to update initial RAM-disk by default
    • zkey-ekmfweb: Avoid sequence number clash when generating keys
    • zkey/zkey-ekmfweb: Install KMS plugins into configurable location
    • zkey: Add support to store LUKS2 dummy passphrase in key repository

    Bug Fixes:

    • dasdfmt: Fix segfault when an incorrect option is specified
    • genprotimg: Fix several build issues
    • genprotimg: Require argument for 'ramdisk' and 'parmfile' options
    • zcryptstats: Fix handling of partial results with many domains
    • zfcpdbf: Deal with crash 7.2.9 change in caller name formatting
    • zipl/boot: Fix memory use after free in stage2
    • zipl/boot: Fix potential heap overflow in stage2
    • zipl: Fix reading 4k disk's geometry

  • v2.15.1 (2020-10-28)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.9

    Changes of existing tools:

    • lsstp: Improve wording and fix typos in man page
    • zkey: Ensure zkey and friends are skipped with HAVE_OPENSSL=0
    • zkey: Add library versioning for libekmfweb and zkey-ekmfweb
    • libutil: Add function to determine base device of a partition block device

    Bug Fixes:

    • dasdfmt: Fix bad file descriptor error when running on symlinks
    • libdasd: Fix dasd_get_host_access_count()
    • zipl: Fix multivolume dump
    • zgetdump: Fix device node determination via sysfs to work with multivolume again
    • genprotimg/boot: Fix build by disabling SSP
    • zipl/boot: Fix build by disabling SSP

  • v2.15.0 (2020-10-15)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.9

    Add new tool:

    • lsstp: A small utility to display the Server Time Protocol (STP) information present in sysfs

    Changes of existing tools:

    • dumpconf: support NVMe dump/reipl device
    • ipl_tools: support clear attribute for nvme re-IPL
    • zcrypt: Support new config state with lszcrypt and chzcrypt
    • zkey: Add support for key management system plugins including the KMS commands: bind, unbind, info, configure, rencipher, list, import, refresh
    • zkey: Add EKMFWeb support to remotely generate secure keys
    • libekmfweb: Add new EKMFWeb client library
    • libutil: Add util_file_read_va()
    • libutil: Add util_file_read_i()/util_file_read_ui()

    Bug Fixes:

    • cpumf: Fix version and help printout when CPUMF is not installed
    • ziomon/ziorep_printers: fix virtual adapter CSV output
    • zipl: Fix Error when title is not the first field in BLS file

  • v2.14.0 (2020-08-21)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.7 / 5.8

    Changes of existing tools:

    • cpacfstats: Add ECC counters
    • dbginfo: Added collection of /proc/softirqs
    • ipl-tools: Add nvme device support to lsreipl/chreipl
    • zdsfs: Add coordinated read access
    • libzds: Add curl interface to access zosmf rest api
    • util_opt: Change util_opt_init() to honor current command, if set Bug Fixes:
    • lsluns: Try harder to find udevadm
    • mon_tools: Update udevadm location
    • zipl: Fix NVMe partition and base device detection
    • zipl/stage3: Correctly handle diag308 response code
    • znetconf: Introduce better ways to locate udevadm

  • v2.13.0 (2020-05-06)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.5 / 5.6

    Add new tool:

    • genprotimg: Add genprotimg to create protected virtualization images
    • genprotimg: Add sample script to verify host keys

    Changes of existing tools:

    • dbginfo: Gather bridge related data (using 'bridge')
    • dbginfo: Removed collection of /var/log/opencryptoki/
    • dbginfo: collect softnet_stat
    • dbginfo: gather ethtool output for per-queue coalescing
    • ipl_tools: Support clear attribute for FCP and CCW re-IPL
    • zdev: Report FC Endpoint Security of zfcp devices
    • zdev/dracut/95zdev/module-setup.sh: Add ctcm kernel module
    • cpumf/data: Add new deflate counters for IBM z15
    • zkey: Add support for EP11 secure keys
    • zpcictl: Initiate recover after reset
    • zipl: Add support for NVMe devices
    • zipl: A multitude of code and stability improvements

    Bug Fixes:

    • zipl: Prevent endless loop during IPL
    • zipl/libc: Fix potential buffer overflow in printf
    • zkey: Fix listing of keys on file systems reporting DT_UNKNOWN
    • zkey: Fix display of clear key size for XTS, CCA-AESCIPHER, and EP11-AES XTS keys

  • v2.12.0 (2019-12-17)

    For Linux kernel version: 5.4

    Changes of existing tools:

    • dbginfo: Gather qdisc related data (using 'tc')
    • dbginfo: Gather extended network statistics (using 'ip link')
    • dbginfo: Collect all files under /usr/lib/systemd/system/
    • cpumf/cpumf_helper: Add IBM z15 machine name
    • zkey: Display MKVP when validating a secure key
    • zkey: Cross check APQNs when generating, validating, or importing secure keys, and when changing APQN associations
    • zkey: Check crypto card level during APQN cross checking
    • zkey: Add support for generating, validating, and re-enciphering AES CIPHER keys
    • zkey-cryptsetup: Add --to-new and --from-old options
    • zkey-cryptsetup: Allow setkey to set different key types
    • lszcrypt/chzcrypt: CEX7S exploitation support
    • zcryptstats: Add support for CEX7 crypto card
    • zipl: Ship a minimal zipl.conf
    • zipl: Add value of target= as search path for BLS case

    Bug Fixes:

    • dasdview: Fix exit status in error cases
    • zipl: Fix various compile warnings
    • zipl: Fix dependency generation in zipl/boot
    • zipl: Fix entry point for stand-alone kdump
    • zipl: Add missing options to help output

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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: