> > Would be real nice if we got a device driver for Linux for these > > beasties... sign. Another requirement in the works. > I won't say "impossible", but at present, IBM considers the interface to > talk to the VTS (and the ATL robot as well) to be proprietary and is > undocumented. But then, the original 3590 driver was binary-only and is > now "open", so maybe some day.
Write it as an AF_IUCV connection to a VM-based daemon, and drive DFSMS/VM to do the deed. More scalable, and no IP exposure required. Not even a GPL burp; none of the OCO bits are in Linux at all. In fact, if you have a driver for the device type your VTS emulates, see our mount daemon for VM and Linux. It's an example of how to do this w/o causing problems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
