Kernel 2.6 based: April 2004 stream

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Category: operating system. Contains the source tree of a set of user space utilities that should to be used together with the Linux on zSeries kernel and device drivers.

s390-tools-1.3.3-april2004.tar.gz / MD5 recommended (superseded) (2005-02-14)

Description:

dasdfmt: Should not leave a read only disk in bad state.

Symptom:

When dasdfmt is used on a read only disk, it will fail and the disk seems to be online but not usable (lsdasd lists the disk as n/f). This situation can be recovered by setting the disk offline and online again.

Problem:

During the format process the disk is in a limited state between offline an online. When an error occurs due to a read only disk the disk stays in that state and is not accessible.

Solution:

Check the read only status of the disk before the disk state is modified.

Problem-ID:

13859

Description:

qethconf: Some minor changes.

Symptom:

Some misleading error messages. Layer2 not supported.

Problem:

- misleading messages for option inv4/inv6
- layer2 not supported
- check for non-existing interface not included

Solution:

- fixed misleading messages for option inv4/inv6
- added layer2 support
- add check if interface exists

Problem-ID:

12732

Note:
Because of missing kernel-interfaces the following s390-tools from 1.3 will not work with the "August 2001 stream": start_hsnc/ip-watcher, osasnmpd, qetharp, and qethconf.

SCSI IPL and dump:
To be able to use SCSI ipl and dump (zipl/zfcpdump) appropriate enablement microcode (FC9904) is required.
SCSI IPL for Linux as a VM-guest requires z/VM Version 4 Release 4 (PTF UM30989 installed) or higher.

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