s390-tools 1.16.0

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This s390-tools 1.16.0 contains enhancements and bug-fixes; it replaces s390-tools-1.15.0.

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s390-tools is a package with a set of user space utilities to be used with the Linux on System z distributions.

s390-tools-1.16.0.tar.bz2 / MD5 recommended (2011-11-30)

• dasdstat:
Configure and format the debugfs based DASD statistics data.

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• General - build process: Do not use subshells from recursive build.
• chem:
• Fix handling of memory holes.
• cmsfs-fuse:
• Fix file size for files larger than 2GB.
• Fix block allocation for large disks with 512 byte block size.
• Prevent EIO on big write requests on variable record files.
• Fix contiguous writes on fixed record files.
• Fix end-of-file detection for fixed record files.
• Keep file state consistent if writes fails with ENOSPC.
• Add support for FBA-512 disks
• cpuplugd:
• Fix typos and wording in man page
• Fix config file parsing
• dasdfmt:
• Fix dummy bootstrap records for LDL DASD devices.
• dasdview:
• Fix printing of random characters after bus-ID.
• dbginfo.sh:
• Adjust for kernel 3.x.
• Return "1" in case of invalid options.
• dumpconf:
• Do not use DELAY_MINUTES for restart.
• Allow up to eight vmcmd commands.
• fdasd:
• Fix generation of disk label for option "auto" and "config".
• hsnc:
• Exit with "0" for "--help" and "--version".
• lscss:
• Exit with "0" for "--help" and "--version".
• Suppress error messages when working on unsettled sysfs tree.
• lsdasd:
• Improve tool performance for systems with many DASDs.
• Show correct block size when used without root rights.
• Suppress error messages when working on unsettled sysfs tree.
• lsluns:
• Fix "--help" option.
• Add check for required SCSI generic (sg) functionality.
• lsmem:
• Fix handling of memory holes.
• lsqeth:
• Use ethtool instead of checksumming sysfs attribute for kernel 3.x.
• Exit with "0" for "--help" and "--version".
• qetharp:
• Fix buffer overflow.
• qethconf:
• Exit with "0" for "--help" and "--version".
• zfcpdbf:
• Add "--version" option to help text.
• Fix messages for "--include" and "--exclude" options.
• Fix "--timediff" option.
• zipl:
• Fix SCSI dump on LPAR.
• Fix error caused by localized script output.
• Prevent unsupported parmfile address.
• Improve man page description for the "--mvdump" option.