On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 15:35:34 -0400 Jim Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>David Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/03/2006 05:35:16 PM: :>> 2. The announcement I read states the zIIP does not process :>> general interrupts. That makes sense since they want to dedicate :>> the processor to specific work, so any type of general interrupt :>> needing to be processed has to get handled on a general purpose :>> processor. But the announcement also states the zIIP does not :>> process IO, nor can it handle timer events. Is there more doc :>> available anywhere on what is involved in this part of it? :> z/OS does not use the clock comparator to time events on a zIIP, :>and z/OS does not enable for any interrupt subclasses in control :>register 6 on a zIIP. How does it control a run-away program? Do other parts of WLM check if the ZIIP has been running a piece of code for LONGTIME? -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
