On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: > Thanks, Alan. that settles it, I guess. PCICA cards it is.
In another item of documentation (the Linux Device Drivers manual, I think), we read that if both PCICC and PCICA cards are present on an LPAR, that Linux will only use the PCICA. This, combined with the wider range of crypto functions provided by the PCICA, helped us to decide that PCICA was the way to go for our Linux environment. Another poster mentioned that z800 comes with crypto engines -- in the Linux case, this is not strictly true. The crypto engines that are part of the base machine are the CCF (?) base crypto support, not PCICC or PCICA cards. z/OS can use the basic functions provided by the CCF kit, but Linux cannot and requires additional cards (either -CC or -CA depending on your needs). Hoo-roo, Vic
