> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Adam Thornton > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Fedora and Opensuse for System z > > > On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Brad Hinson wrote: > > > > > While this makes sense for x86/x86_64, folks usually don't have > > resources to spare on the z. Or am I wrong? Out of > curiosity (please > > don't flame), would anyone be willing to contribute a small LPAR and > > some network bandwidth to this? > > It would be slow, but there's no reason you couldn't use a Hercules > box for this. Yes, the initial build would take weeks and weeks, but > once you had it off the ground, it's not a lot slower than something > like ARM or 680x0, if you dedicated a pretty-good-size x86_64 box to > the task. > > I don't have one to spare, but, relatively speaking, it'd be a lot > cheaper than a zSeries, and a hobbyist could do it without having to > get approval from some organization to peel off a bit of a mainframe. > > Also: why do you need an LPAR? Would a guest under z/VM not be good > enough? If z/VM would do the trick, then wouldn't Fedora be a > reasonable OSDL project? > > Adam >
It might be faster to cross-compile the s390x distro on a powerful Intel box, then run it under Hercules for some testing. Of course, things like an OSA and such cannot be tested under Hercules. Oh, don't ask me how to do this. I don't know how to do cross-compiling. Last time I tried, I just got very confused. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
