2005-03-23 s390-tools 1.4.0 ("April 2004") (superseded)
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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s390-tools-1.4.0-april2004.tar.gz / MD5 recommended (superseded) (2005-03-23)
These s390-tools-1.4.0 replace s390-tools-1.3.4.
Added new tool:
- zconf/lsqeth: shell script to list all QETH based networking devices
Added new features for existing tools:
- dasd tools: minor enhancements, rework and harmonization of the commandline options
- dbginfo.sh: collect additional debug output, corrected/changed command line handling
- zipl: added --dry-run function
This function can be used to simulate a zipl run without modifying an existing IPL record. - zipl: dump support for memory holes. Enables dumping for z/VM guests with fragmented storage (defined with z/VM command 'define storage config').
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.