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 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Smith Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 2:24 PM To: Linux on 390 Port 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
