Chapter 29. Hardware Enablement
genwqe-tools updated for IBM Power Systems ppc64 and ppc64le architectures
The genwqe-tools packages have been updated for IBM Power Systems and the little-endian variant of IBM Power Systems. This enhancement update includes the following backported fixes from genwqe-tools master branch:
- the
adler32detect corruption checksum now returns correction on thedeflateSetDictionary()function - the
deflateSetDictionary()function now returns error on NULL dictionary as required by the spec file - The debugger has been removed form the
zpipe_rnd.cfile - Potential overflow in expression has been avoided
- Out of bounds access and possible resource leak have been fixed
- To simplify contributions, a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) has been changed to the Developer's Certificate of Origin (DCO)
- Potential security hole has been resolved
- The Failure of the Hardware Accelerator Tool genwqe_cksum which causes EEH, has been resolved
Users of genwqe-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements. (BZ#1456492)
Hardware utility tools now correctly identify recently released hardware
Prior to this update, obsolete ID files caused that recently released hardware connected to a computer was reported as unknown. To fix this bug, PCI, USB, and vendor device identification files have been updated. As a result, hardware utility tools now correctly identify recently released hardware. (BZ#1489281)
