Hi Frank, >When I tried to start one of the s390-tools, (dasdfmt, fdasd, zipl....) >they did not work, complaining about the wron API-Version. I changed the >API Version in dasdfmt.c and so on, and did a recompile, and it worked. > >Is the API any different from the old one? Why a new version?
Well, acatually if we add s.th. new to dasd's API (new ioctl's etc.), we increase the API version number. The current s390-tools do have a bug. They check whether the kernel has the same API version as they require. The check should be: if (MY_REQUIRED_API > KERNEL_API) problem; instead of: if (MY_REQUIRED_API != KERNEL_API) problem; With the next currency drop we'll fix this one. mit freundlichem Gru� / with kind regards Carsten Otte IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH Linux for eServer development - device driver team Phone: +49/07031/16-4076 IBM internal phone: *120-4076 -- We are Linux. Resistance indicates that you're missing the point!
