Hi All, It's been a while, eh? Well, I'm back to the z/VM and Linux scene (Yippee!!!) and, after upgrading to SLES9, I found I missed my old VMPARMs patch. I had one for the 2.6.5 kernel series, but I want to try to be a "good boy" this time around and leave the kernel alone. (Ha, yea right!!! :-D)
However, I do not have the same feelings for the other packages, so... ;-) I created a VMPARMs patch that applies to zipl which is much eaiser to maintain and apply. Since it applies to zipl, it will only work for IPLs that use zipl. It will not work for tape or reader IPLs. (I haven't tried NSS IPLs yet.) For those that don't know, this patch adds the ability to specify and/or supplement the kernel parameters using the PARM keyword of the VM IPL command. You are limited to 64 bytes, but that's usually enough. This one is a little different than the kernel one in that you use LOADPARM VM to tell the bootloader to use the PARM value. If you specify LOADPARM VM, then you MUST specify a PARM value and it MUST begin with a configuration number. Here's an example: IPL 5000 LOADPARM vm PARM 1 dasd=0.0.5000-0.0.5009 single Some of you may ask why bother when you can use "#cp vi vmsg ..." to do the same thing. Well, there is a slight difference. Using the PARM, you can specify the kernel parameters right on the IPL command and not have to wait for the menu to display. Anyway, if y'all want it, grab it over at http://www.homerow.net/zlinux/vmparms.htm Leland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
