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.
January 16, 2008
Another new release of both the powerpc-utils and powerpc-utils-papr packages.
Both of which contain new commands, most noteably the addition of the DLPAR
tools to the powerpc-utils-papr package. Check the Changelog for other updates
and visit Zombie Process for
additional updates.
August 24, 2007
New release for powrepc-utils that includes changes to the ofpathaname to
support PATA devices and add an option to print device aliases from the
device tree
July 17, 2007
The last development snapshots have been promoted to the latest releases for
both packages. Enjoy.
April 19, 2007
A new development snapshot is available with an update to ofpathname to proerly
parse device paths for SAS drives. There is also a new ppc64_cpu command to
allow viewing/seeting of the cpu SMT, DSCR and smt-snooze-delay settings.
The powerpc-utils and powerpc-utils-papr packages contain utilities for powerpc based Linux machines. Powerpc-utils contains utilities that are generic to all powerpc platforms and powerpc-utils-papr contains utilities that are specific to powerpc platforms that conforming to the POWER Architecture Platform Reference (read: IBM powerpc machines).
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.
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.
The powerpc-utils-papr package provides the utilities listed below which are intended for the maintenance of IBM powerpc platforms that follow the POWER Architecture Platform Reference (sorry, still an IBM internal document). Further documentation for each of the utilities is available from their respective man pages and doxygen design documents. The powerpc-utils-papr package does require the librtas package available at librtas.ozlabs.org
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 and powerpc-utils-papr packages are released under the IBM Common Public License
| Source tarball | powerpc-utils-1.1.3.tar.gz | 47.9kB |
|---|---|---|
| Recent changes | Changelog.powerpc-utils | 804.0B |
| Source tarball | powerpc-utils-papr-1.1.6.tar.gz | 225.9kB |
| Recent changes | Changelog.powerpc-utils-papr | 3.2kB |
Older versions are available here.
| Source tarball | powerpc-utils-papr-1.1.6-20090331.tar.gz | 226.3kB |
|---|---|---|
| Recent changes | Changelog.powerpc-utils-papr | 4.0kB |
Older versions are available here.
The utilities in the powerpc-utils package were written by the following individuals.
The utilities in the powerpc-utils-papr package were written by the following individuals.
General questions regarding the powerpc-utils or powerpc-utils-papr packages can be sent to Nathan Fontenot and Michael Strosaker.