Re: NSS-Support for Linux Kernel under VM

[Rick Troth]

> Yes, you could do that.  The NSS could include a R/W or R/O ramdisk if you
> wanted.   ... 
 
> I encourage people to experiment with this support and to come to a
> consensus as to how it can best be used.  This was just a first step in
> getting Linux for zSeries to use z/VM's proven shared-memory model.
 
IPL parms. 
We need IPL parms. 
We should be able to 
 
                ipl linuxnss root=/dev/dasdq1 
                ipl linuxnss init=/etc/vmssl-thing 
 
Just an STM into a sacred 64-byte area and a little 
E/A conversion followed by merging into the bootstrap-resident parms.