Distribution specific information

Find out as of which Linux distribution a new function is supported.

This document does not provide information that is specific to a particular Linux® distribution. The device drivers, features, options, and commands it describes are either provided with the Linux kernel on www.kernel.org, on GitHub, or are commonly available tools.

Your Linux distribution might provide additional utilities for working with IBM Z® devices that are not described in this publication. See the documentation that is provided with your distribution to find out what additional utilities you can use.

For versions of this and other documents that have been adapted to a particular distribution, see one of the following web pages:
ibm.com/docs/en/linux-on-systems?topic=distributions-red-hat-enterprise-linux
ibm.com/docs/en/linux-on-systems?topic=distributions-suse-linux-enterprise-server
ibm.com/docs/en/linux-on-systems?topic=distributions-ubuntu-server

The following tables provide a summary of functionality for which there is no distribution-specific documentation.

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux

Table 1. These functions were introduced in 9.4 and 8.10
Name Description Chapter
Secure execution AP queue binding support The chzcrypt and lszcrypt commands have been updated to handle binding and associating requests for KVM guests running in secure-execution mode on hardware and software that supports those functions.
Table 2. These functions were introduced in 9.3 and 8.9
Name Description Chapter
ASD autoquiesce support (gdps) You can now control the DASD autoquiesce feature with new sysfs attributes.
hyptop update Add real smt utilization to the hyptop command. hyptop - Display hypervisor performance data
The lspai command You can now display PAI cryptographic counters with the lspai command. lspai - List Processor Activity Instrumentation counters
zcrypt command filtering The lszcrypt command now displays whether command filtering is available for a cryptographic adapter. lszcrypt - Display cryptographic devices

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Table 3. These functions were introduced in 15 SP6
Name Description Chapter
ASD autoquiesce support (gdps) You can now control the DASD autoquiesce feature with new sysfs attributes.
CCW standalone dumper deflate exploitation The zipl command has a new option that suppresses the automatic compression of CCW-type DASD dumps. Preparing a dump device
hyptop update Real smt utilization was added to the hyptop command. hyptop - Display hypervisor performance data
The lspai command You can now display PAI cryptographic counters with the lspai command. lspai - List Processor Activity Instrumentation counters
zcrypt command filtering The lszcrypt command now displays whether command filtering is available for a cryptographic adapter. lszcrypt - Display cryptographic devices
Secure execution AP queue binding support The chzcrypt and lszcrypt commands have been updated to handle binding and associating requests for KVM guests running in secure-execution mode.

Ubuntu Server

Table 4. These functions were introduced in 23.10 and 24.04
Name Description Chapter
DASD autoquiesce support (gdps) You can now control the DASD autoquiesce feature with new sysfs attributes.
CCW standalone dumper deflate exploitation The zipl command has a new option that suppresses the automatic compression of CCW-type DASD dumps. Preparing a dump device
hyptop update Real smt utilization was added to the hyptop command. hyptop - Display hypervisor performance data
The lspai command You can now display PAI cryptographic counters with the lspai command. lspai - List Processor Activity Instrumentation counters
zcrypt command filtering The lszcrypt command now displays whether command filtering is available for a cryptographic adapter. lszcrypt - Display cryptographic devices