Thanks, Les. That is what I thought when I read the admonitions. It is more in keeping with the VM way. I suspect that the original statements were not meant as a restriction, but as a list of current guests that were is a position to exploit the hardware.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Les Geer (607-429-3580) > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 4:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Crypro Express on z/VM 5.3 > > >Our TPF developers have developed a sudden urge for their virtual > >machines to use Crypto Express. Since this is a new topic to > me, where > >can I find a tutorial on the care and feeding of the Crypto Express2 > >features that will be installed on the machine? In addition, > I see that > >both 5.3 and 5.4 are specific in stating that Crypto Express > 2 is only > >supported by zLinux and z/OS guests. Is there anything that would > >preclude its being used by zTPF guests? > > > >We are currently running z/VM 5.3 on a z9. In early Jan, we > will be on > >a shiny new z10 but will still be running 5.3 for whatever time it > >takes to install and test 6.1. > > z/VM 5.3 and higher supports Crypto Express2 (and as of Friday Crypto > Express3) for any guest exploitation. Not just Linux and z/OS. > > Best Regards, > Les Geer > IBM z/VM and Linux Development >
