Sergey, I've been to that web site a couple of times now. From what I can tell, the only things on it are source code patches for basic Linux/390 enablement, and a couple of PDF manuals on installation. (My Japanese language skills are non-existent, but the download filenames are in English.) I don't think they've updated their site to add this support, even though May has come and gone.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Sergey Korzhevsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ls SYS1.PARMLIB or Mainframe FS from Hitachi (fwd from linux-kernel) Hello, All. Does anyone try to use it? I was on the www site, but i can't understand japan language, so i can't understand what they are trying to say me. BTW, that filesystem compatible with filesystem on OS/390? Can i read dasd from OS/390 in future? ps: i am not familiar with mainframe stuff very well. If you don't understand this yet :) WBR, Sergey Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] uu.org.uk> cc: Sent by: Linux Subject: ls SYS1.PARMLIB or Mainframe FS from on 390 Port Hitachi (fwd from linux-kernel) <[EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU> 17.04.02 16:06 Please respond to Linux on 390 Port Forwarded message: > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: ls SYS1.PARMLIB or Mainframe FS from Hitachi > Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 20:40:08 +0900 > > Hi, > > Hitachi Ltd. Japan has developed a Mainframe OS compatible > file system on Linux, and will make the source code available in GPL. > > The file system is named "mainframe file system" or mffs for short > and can access disks formatted by Hitachi's VOS3 operating system > and its compatibles : ) > > Reading and writing a plain sequential file > (DSORG=PS RECFM=F,FB,V,VB in mainframe jargon) is possible. > Partitioned dataset members > (Do not care if it dose not make sense to you.) > can be read. > Ebcdic to ascii character code translation can be performed. > So, for example, you can cat SYS1.PARMLIB/IAASYS00. > File metadata update is still under development, so you cannot create > nor extend a file. > > Mainframe file system is designed in hope to replace lengthy > file transfer batch jobs. Existing mainframe volumes can be > mounted and accessed directly from Linux running on mainframes. > > Let me say again. NO FILE TRANSFERS from/to mainframes. > > Hitachi has modified the disk driver code under drivers/s390/block > so that mffs can issue arbitrary disk commands such as READ TRACK. > > All the source code will be available in GPL in May 2002 > under http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/linux_m/download.html > > References > [1] Hitachi's press release in Japanese language > http://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/2001/1002/index.html > [2] Nikkei Linux article in Japanese, Dec. 2001, Nikkei Business > Publications, Inc. > [3] Mainframe file system on Windows NT and AIX - Towards heterogeneous > cluster file share?, Motohiro Kanda, CMG (Computer Measurement Group) 1999 > Annual Conference, in English > > Hope you like it. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Motohiro Kanda Hitachi Ltd. Japan > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
