On Friday, 10/07/2005 at 09:12 AST, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Here's a thought: let z/VM use zAAP in the hypervisor for EDEV! > > (And John McKown gets credit for the idea.) > > Other than my instinctive flinch at introducing Java support into CP (give > em a break, they just got C working properly, for goodness sake!), it's a > darn good idea. If IBM introduced the ability to have different types of CPs > in a LPAR, this would be a very interesting (and useful) way to test > assigning CP type affinities to CP modules, and really wear out the > processor scheduling and dispatching code in CP. I think Rick/John's point is that the additional processing required for SCSI could be offloaded to engines that don't affect the software pricing -- a variation on the System Assist Processors (SAPs) that handle I/O. Java. In CP. No. Never. Ever. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
