You will not have any binary compatibility between Intel and zLinux on is non-existent. Are you going to run Linux native or in a virtual environment. AFIK, the IFL facility uses native code, not Intel. But, you have a lot of performance and flexibility as you can run up to 1000 VMs. Unfortunately I don't know anyone here who is running zLinux, but I can inquire. remember that IBM has had virtualization on its mainframes going back to the 1960s, and have some firmware support.
On 03/19/2014 10:33 AM, Jim Gasek wrote: > BLU Discuss folks: > > I have an application that I administer on RHEL 5.5. > > I will be moving to 6.x, hopefully soon. > > It has been suggested that I consider moving it to the > mainframe, via RHEL for mainframe: > > http://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/for-ibm-system-z/ > > What are the considerations for determining if my app will run > seamlessly on the mainframe RHEL? > > "Porting" considerations? Binary compatibility? > Libraries, compilers, ...... > > Perhaps there are additional "utilities" to take advantage of > advanced features of the mainframe acrhitecture? > > I know that in Intel architecture, there are certain "OpCodes", > or "functions of the chip", which are "taken advantage of", > as they become available, in more modern chips. A compilation > of code would be tweaked to squeeze out maximum performance of > functions available on that chip/architecture. > > Thanks in advance for your expertise. > > Thanks, > Jim Gasek > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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