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July 30, 2009
Big Update...The powerpc-utils* packages have been merged into a single powerpc-utils package. This new package contains everything that was in the previous two packages, it just doesn't make much sense any longer to keep these packages seprarate. Additionally, there is now a public git repository and mailing list for development of the powerpc-utils package, see sourceforge.net/projects/powerpc-utils. Additionally, the first release of the new combined package, powerpc-utils-1.2.0, is now available. This site will continue to be maintained and new releases of the package will be posted here. Any questions/patches/comments should now be directed to the powerpc-utils-devel@lists.sourcefore.net mailing list.

April 20, 2009
Powerpc-utils-papr 1.1.6 is out. This contains a big update to the drmgr to implement error recovery during failed DLPAR operations.

April 3, 2009
New powerpc-utils-1.1.3 tarball available. This update fixes a couple of bugs in the ofpathanme script, see changelog for details.

March 23, 2009
There is a new development snapshot of the latest pwoerpc-utils-papr build available. This includes a few bug fixes as well as the amssstat command. I have one additional drmgr bug that is being worked that I would like to include. Once it is resolved, expect a new release.

December 15, 2008
Powerpc-utils-papr-1.1.4 is official. There is nothing new that was not in the last development snapshot of the package.

October 2, 2008
Another updated release of powerpc-utils-papr (version 1.1.3) is available. This contains two bug fixes, see Changelog for details. The reason for an upate with just two bug fixes is that one of them has the potential to cause a kernel oops by attempting to remove a non-existant lmb.

September 11, 2008
Updated release of powerpc-utils-papr available. The latest version now depends on libservicelog-1.0. Previously, the drmgr code did a dlopen to avoid the dependancy, but now just links with the library directly. This update also handles the new API in libservicelog.

The latest libservicelog is available at http://linux-diag.sourceforge.net/servicelog/.

July 21. 2008
New release of the powerpc-utils* packages.

One small update to powerpc-utils to support virtual fibre channel devices in the ofpathname script. Numerous updates to the powerpc-utils-papr package, mainly in the drmgr command. See the Changelog for more details.

The powerpc-utils package contains utilities for PowerPC based Linux machines.

Powerpc-utils Overview

The powerpc-utils package provides the utilities listed below which are intended for the maintenance of powerpc platforms. Further documentation for each of the utilities is available from their respective man pages. The powerpc-utils package does require the librtas package available at librtas.ozlabs.org

nvram - A utility to view and format the contents of the system's NVRAM.

bootlist - boot configuration utility used to set and view the systems boot device order.

ofpathname - translate logical device names to OF names and vice versa.

snap - system configuration snapshot tool to gather system configuration data.

ppc64_cpu - cpu settings utility to view and set the cpu SMT, DSCR, and smt-snooze-delaysettings.

activate_firmware - concurrent firmware activation tool used for updating firmware.

hvcsadmin - HVCS driver administration utility

ibmvscsis.sh - IBMVSCSIS driver init script. When symlinked into start and stop run levels this script can provide vscsi server operation automation.

rtas_dump - dump the contents of a rtas event, front end script for rtas_event_decode.

rtas_event_decode - workhorse for dumping the contents of a rtas event.

rtas_ibm_get_vpd Used by the lsvpd utility to gather Vital Product Data.

serv_config/uspchrp - Configure service processor settingsi in NVRAM.

set_poweron_time - configure time for system power-on.

uesensor - A utility to view the state of environental sensors on powerpc machines.

update_flash - system firmware update utility

usysattn, usysfault - A utility to view the status of the system attention (fault) indicators (LEDs), and to turn the indicators off after an event has been serviced.

usysident - Identification indicator utility to view and manipulate the device identification indicators (LEDs).

vscsisadmin - IBM Virtual SCSI Server (ibmvscsis) administration utility which simplifies configuration, starting, and stopping of an IBM virtual SCSI server.

drmgr - Dynamic Resource Manager. Utility used to perform DLPAR operations on a client partition.

lsslot - Utility to list DLPAR and hotplug capable slots.

amsvis - This tool helps visualize metrics associated with Active Memory Sharing (AMS). The tool can be run locally but it can also be run remotely as either a data server or visualization client.

The powerpc-utils package is released under the IBM Common Public License

Releases

Source tarballpowerpc-utils-1.2.0.tar.gz 304.4kB
Recent changesChangelog.powerpc-utils 3.6kB
Source tarballpowerpc-utils-papr-1.2.0.tar.gz 147.0B
Recent changesChangelog.powerpc-utils-papr 147.0B

Older versions are available here.

Development snapshots

No downloads are available at the moment.

Any questions, comments, and/or patches should be directed to the public mailing list for ipowerpc-utils development