RHEA-2012:0186 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated ppc64-utils package that fixes three bugs and adds two enhancements
is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The ppc64-utils package is a collection of utilities for Linux running on 64-bit
PowerPC platforms.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• The help output of the "ls-vdev" command suggested using the "--version" and

"--help" options although "ls-vdev" does not support these options. This update
corrects the command help output so it displays only supported options,
currently "-V" and "-h". (BZ#666054)

• The vscsisadmin utility and other tools installed by the ppc64-utils package

relied on the obsolete ibmvscsis driver. Without the driver configured, the
system displayed the following error on boot:

Starting ibmvscsisd: /etc/ibmvscsis.conf file does not exist. [FAILED]

This could have confused users. This update therefore removes these obsolete
utilities from the ppc64-utils package, and the system no longer tries to
initialize the ibmvscsisd service. (BZ#705012)

• The lsmcode tool provided incomplete information when it was used with with

"-A, --All" or "-dDEV, --device=DEV" options. The lsmcode command help output
and the lsmcode(8) manual page also described obsolete options, "-c, --no-menus"
and "-r, --tabular". With this update, all aforementioned problems has been
corrected, the command help output and manual page now provides only relevant
information and lsmcode works as expected. (BZ#739706)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• The powerpc-utils component, which is a part of the ppc64-utils package, has

been upgraded to upstream version 1.2.10. This update, among other changes,
adjusts the ofpathname script to support and enable the SAS VRAID capability for
IBM Power7 6Gb SAS PCIe Gen2 adapters. (BZ#714179)

• The upgraded powerpc-utils component introduces a new tool, lparstat, that

allows to display various attributes and performance metrics of IBM Power
Logical Partitions, which the tool collects from various system files, such as
/proc/ppc64/lparcfg. (BZ#651877)

All users of ppc64-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 705012 - "Starting ibmvscsisd: /etc/ibmvscsis.conf file does not exist [FAILED]" during all system boots for RHEL5.7

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)