New Release: qclib v2.0

qclib v2.0 is now available for download here (MD5: 3b3605fc4f7b8fb26be5efee1c309be5).
Among others, it

• adds support for z/OS Container Extensions, and
• introduces attributes to retrieve the IBM Z model name in clear text (e.g. IBM z15 instead of CPU ID 8561).

For more information see the included README.

New Release: RHEL 8.1 on IBM Z

RHEL 8.1 is out! It ships, among others

• support for Secure Boot as available with IBM z15
• optimizations for IBM Z in ibmca, openSSL, binutils, glibc, libica, openCryptoki
• new tool zcryptstats to display performance data from cryptographic adapters

For a detailed list of Linux on Z-specific changes, see the release notes.

IBM-specific documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 is available on the IBM Knowledge Center (Device Drivers, Features and Commands on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 and Using the Dump Tools on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1). This documentation now includes KVM guest information. See https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liaaf/lnz_r_rh81.html for  an overview.