[ol8_developer_UEKR7] kexec-tools-2.0.20-57.0.4.el8_5.1.x86_64

kexec-tools provides /usr/sbin/kexec binary that facilitates a new
kernel to boot using the kernel's kexec feature either on a
normal or a panic reboot. This package contains the /usr/sbin/kexec
binary and ancillary utilities that together form the userspace
component of the kernel's kexec feature.

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• Thu Dec 23 2021 Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com> - 2.0.20-57.0.4

  - makedumpfile: Add support for newer kernels up to v5.15 [Orabug: 33481559]
  - makedumpfile: make use of 'uts_namespace.name' offset in VMCOREINFO [Orabug: 33481559]

• Tue Dec 21 2021 EL Errata <el-errata_ww@oracle.com> - 2.0.20-57.0.3

  - Merge 8.4 extra patches for SB boot environment [Orabug: 33512440]
  - Merge SRPM/ol8-u4 orabug patches into SRPM/ol8-u5 [Orabug: 33471981]
  - makedumpfile: Add support for newer kernels up to v5.12 [Orabug: 33250117]

• Tue Nov 02 2021 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.20-57.1

  - mkdumprd: Use xz for squash image compression

• Fri Aug 27 2021 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.20-57

  - kdumpctl: enable secure boot on ppc64le LPARs

• Fri Aug 06 2021 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.20-56

  - kdumpctl: fix a typo

• Mon Aug 02 2021 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.20-55

  - kdump/ppc64: migration action registration clean up

• Fri Jul 23 2021 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.20-54

  - kdump/ppc64: rebuild initramfs image after migration
  - Check the existence of /sys/bus/ccwgroup/devices/*/online beforehand
  - kdump.sysconfig.s390: Remove "prot_virt" from kdump kernel cmdline

• Fri Jul 02 2021 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.20-53

  - check for invalid physical address of /proc/kcore when making ELF dumpfile
  - check for invalid physical address of /proc/kcore when finding max_paddr
  - fix format issue in find_online_znet_device
  - check the existence of /sys/bus/ccwgroup/devices before trying to find online network device
  - kdump-lib.sh: fix a warning in prepare_kdump_bootinfo()

• Thu Jun 17 2021 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.20-52

  - Write to `/var/lib/kdump` if $KDUMP_BOOTDIR not writable
  - Iterate /sys/bus/ccwgroup/devices to tell if we should set up rd.znet
  - mkdumprd: display the absolute path of dump location in the check_user_configured_target()

• Wed Jun 02 2021 Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com> - 2.0.20-51

  - Stop reloading kdump service on CPU hotplug event for FADump
  - fadump: improve fadump-howto.txt about remote dump target setup