Bob Shannon wrote: <begin extract> I suspect that every product that exploits zIIPs already does this. Vendors cannot count on zIIPs being installed at customer locations. If no zIIPs are available, the work must run in TCB mode. Vendor products can't just terminate if zIIPs aren't available. </end extract>
and he is clearly right about this. Shane's point can, however, be turned around. zIIPs have been with us for some time now; and I can think offhand of quite a lot of both IBM and ISV software that does not use them where it could do so [licitly], perhaps because two paths are|were deemed too onerous. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
