>>> On 11/12/2008 at 4:33 PM, Hal Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't a specialty engine be excluded from the normal load sharing? By > dispatching only its designated work and excluding other stuff (such as > I/O interrupts) it ought to accomplish more of the targeted work than a > general purpose engine. Is that reasonable?
In the case of IFLs, all those things are run on the IFL. For zIIPs and zAAPs, that's a different story. Ed's right. There is one and only one instruction that is disabled on an IFL. Everything else is identical to a standard engine. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
