Linux/390 doesn't emulate Intel (except if you use the Bochs emulator). However, Linux is Linux is Linux. The only stuff you may run into is some architecture specific code written in inline assembler that implements things like spinlocks or some atomic operation, a threading implementation (like green threads in Java), or something that requires knowledge of the ABI. I've encountered such code in packages such as cprof, postgreSQL, and Java. The amount of code is usually very very small which means the effort is quite little.
-----Original Message----- Greetings Everyone, As I am investigating vendor support for Linux/390, I have run into a question I cannot answer. Vendors want to know if Linux/390 emulates Intel architecture. Apparently, when programming in C, they have to write the application to the specific architecture and that it will not work on non-Intel based systems. Is this an issue which can be resolved as part of a recompile? Cheers, Kevin
