Nightwatch RenBand wrote: >IBM Java support figured it all out. >Java8 uses instructions from the instruction set on z10 and higher >machines. And WE are using a z9 2096 machine. >ERGO S-0C1 was for "ain't no such instruction" rather than the usual not on >a half word boundery. >Thanks for all your help. Wish they would either upgrade or replace the >system so I can go retire... but they keep paying me..... >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/sdk-java-technology/8?topic=installing-supported-environments#supported_env_80__zos
Interesting! You might want to ask them when the z10 minimum processor level was introduced since (as far as I can tell) it was introduced at some point in the service stream. At initial announcement the IBM SDK for z/OS, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 was supported on z990/z890 processors or higher with z/OS 1.13 or higher. Then, if you wish (not a recommendation), you could obtain and run the unsupported release just prior to the introduction of the z10 minimum-related code change. I quickly scanned through the release notes, and I haven't been able to find the Service Refresh (SR) or Fix Pack (FP) when the z10 prerequisite was evidently introduced. The Program Directory mentions nothing about a z10 minimum processor level. Alternatively, IBM still provides most of the Java 8 SDK builds going back to the GA release. You can still find them if you navigate through IBM's download pages. What you could try is to roll back to the final Fix Pack for each of the major Service Refreshes to see which one runs on a z9. Here are the final listed Fix Packs for each Service Refresh: GA+IV70681 SR1 FP10 SR2 FP10 SR3 FP22 SR4 FP11 SR5 FP41 SR6 FP36 SR7 FP16 is current, as I write this. So for example try SR6 FP36. If that works, great. If not, try SR5 FP41 next. And so on. I'm assuming any z10 minimum processor level requirement was introduced at a Service Refresh boundary, and that's probably a reasonable assumption. Please let us know how it goes if you head down any of these paths. — — — — — Timothy Sipples Senior Architect Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity IBM zSystems/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
