On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Stephen Powell <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:19:13 -0500 (EST), David Clements wrote: > > Stephen Powell wrote: > >> ... > >> The standard Debian package for > >> Hercules, 3.07, does not support an Open Systems Adapter Express in QDIO > >> mode, so that's the end of that. > >> > >> I've never tried to use znetconf. For that matter, I've never tried to > use > >> lsqeth either. But it does seem to be included in the standard > s390-tools > >> package under Debian. Here is some output from my system: > >> > >> # whereis lsqeth > >> lsqeth: /sbin/lsqeth /usr/share/man/man8/lsqeth.8.gz > >> > >> By the way, I'd be interested to hear your opinion of my "Debian Under > >> Hercules" > >> web page at http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/hercules.htm . > > > > I'm using hercules 4.0, this version supports qeth layer2, I have debian > > wheezy running with qeth and I'm currently testing layer3 qeth. > > > > What version of debian-390 are you using, the current stable that I have > > installed, only contains a minimal s390-tools package and I have yet to > > find a full debian s390-tools package. > > The system quoted above is a jessie system (testing). > > Debian, especially Debian stable, tends to be a "trailing edge" > distribution. Many Debian packages are substantially behind the latest > upstream release, hercules itself being a good example (3.07 vs 4.0). > GNU parted is another example. It is way behind. > > s390-tools is no exception. The release used in jessie, 1.17.1, > is way behind the latest upstream release, which at the time of this > writing is apparently 1.24.1. > > Perhaps the tools you are looking for don't exist in 1.17.1. > Debian wheezy (stable) uses 1.16.0, even older. Make sure that the > documentation you're looking at (Device Drivers, Features, and > Commands?) was written for release 1.16.0 or 1.17.1, depending on > which Debian "release" you are running. > > If you're looking for a bleeding edge distribution, look elsewhere. > > I speak here as an experienced Debian user, not as any kind of > official spokesman for Debian. > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell > : :' : > `. `'` > `- > I'm in the process of installing Jessie, I'll see how I get on with that system. As far as the znetconf, lsqeth tools are concerned they were in S390-tools package at 1.10.0, so they should have been correct in Wheezy. I'll stay with debian, it is all I need in a distro. Dave Clements.
