Is there a way to determine if the fix is installed on my Linux?
I have the Debian Linux that was sent out by Sine Nomine Associates in
December 2002.

Stephen Frazier
Oklahoma Department of Corrections


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Subject: Re: dasd.c fix?


Stephen Frazier wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the "dasd.c" fix that Gary
> Eheman talked about in this posting on the FLEX-ES list?
>
>
>  > This was reported previously along with a z/linux dasd.c problem
>  > uncovered by fast I/O boxes such as FLEX-ES.  In that case, the user
>  > both  advanced their version of Flex and patched dasd.c, and while
>  > the problem went away, it was never clear which change did the trick.
>  > Contact your reseller to get a FLEX-ES update to the current
>  > release.  Then start looking at z/linux for dasd.c issues when run on
>  > systems where i/o completes faster than traditional mainframe dasd
>  > does.  (I believe I heard a rumor that IBM may have accepted an ETR
>  > on this within the last few weeks.)  The topic has been discussed in
>  > the past on the linux-390 mailing list.

As I recall, this problem was fixed in last April's code drop. I don't
know what distributions currently have these fixes.  Check out
http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/overview24.
shtml

Greg Smith

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