On Friday, 08/27/2010 at 02:47 EDT, Mike Walter <[email protected]> wrote: > Um, uh... then why not simply remove the PORT argument from the z/VM manuals > and from the command syntax itself - issuing an error message (unsupported > operand) when it is specified? > I'll submit an RCF if it will help with that part. :-) > > That would not help the issue with Linux guests, but there would be one less > bullet in the chamber, no?
Don't think we haven't considered it! :-) We don't do it, though, because it would create an incompatibility and people would complain. For most of you, it's not broken, so we're inclined not to fix it in a way that would create breakage. If you want to submit an RCF that the pubs need to be clear on the lack of need to specify these options, that would be good. There are probably some people using the port name to help them ensure they are sharing ports with hosts that they *think* they're sharing with. They would get really annoyed. (Every time we assume no one is doing something, we're always wrong.) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
