I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "is there a conversion strategy."  I
need more context to answer it.

I know for sure that the 2.4.19 kernel with IBM's patches has support for
FCP.  I cannot say if the 2.4.17 patches had it or not.
$ locate zfcp
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/config/zfcp.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/config/zfcp
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/config/zfcp/module.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp.c
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/drivers/s390/scsi/.zfcp.o.flags
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp.o
/lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp.o



Mark Post

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Mark, a corollary question on point #3 here

Is there a conversion strategy to going this route? If so what kernel level
do you need to be at etc?



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John,

3 - It's already been done with FCP support.  Systems can access storage
arrays "natively" without going through that [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3390-emulation layer any
longer.  (I'm assuming you meant 3390 and not 3380 as you typed it.)  Any
distribution can support that many 3390 volumes, though.  Whether the
distribution provider has that support "as distributed" or whether the IT
shop has to create the device nodes is another question.


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