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Re: Re: zLinux/s390 Linux on Hercules

by Dave Jones-9 :: Rate this Message:

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Hector, please pay close attention to that IBM web site; IBM is putting
in a lot of effort right now to make running Linux on the mainframe
(with or without z/VM) as efficiently as they can. The Device Drivers
..... doc gets updated several times a year now, so this is certainly an
active area of work.

DJ

On 02/09/2011 11:04 PM, hec.tor1 wrote:

> Thanks DJ, I'm reading it now and it's a very helpful paper.  Already
> I've learned some things about auditing that are available in the
> kernel that I think will help me.
>
> --- In hercules-390@..., Dave Jones <dave@...> wrote:
>>
>> What you should do now is go to the IBM Linux on System Z developer
>> web site (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/) and
>> read the excellent "Device Drivers, Features and Commands"
>> document. It details all of the extensions IBM has implemented in
>> the Linux kernel for exploiting S/390 features and capabilities.
>> Some of these features do require running Linux under z/VM, but
>> many do not, and should work as expected on Hercules as well.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> DJ
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