> Since Novell owns both SuSE and Ximian, I was wondering if > anybody know > if Mono (the software, not the disease) is going to be ported > to run on > zSeries? Would there be any interest?
Neale Ferguson did a port a while back. Check http://linuxvm.org for a pointer. > Do most > zSeries installations work like the Intel world of "one server, one > function"? If so, I was thinking that a type of "embedded" Linux would > work, but ported from the zAarchitecture to VM's ESA/XC environment. I > wonder if this sort of "mainframe embedded Linux" would be of any use? > There are definately some advantages in separation of > function. Oh well, > YASI (Yet Another [(Stupid)|(Silly)] Idea). Not at all. Creating good performing Linux guests is a lot more like creating embedded systems than general-purpose Intel systems. A lot of the same design goals obtain (and the use of things like xipfs and the boot from shared segement approaches are much more like EPROM than disk). The embedded guys are often the zLinux team's best friends -- they have similar problems in terms of resource constraints, and they're much closer in terms of what can be done in the OS. -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
