>>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 12:44 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darren Zamrykut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > It looks like I have a choice of using either the IBM s390x Linux Tape > Driver > or the Lintape s390x Linux Tape Driver.
I'm am not aware of anything called Lintape. Can you provide a pointer? > Is there a major difference between the two? I see that the Lintape is > opensource and the IBMTape is closed. As well as the kernel level, with > Lintape supporting a more updated kernel. I am not aware of any IBM OCO kernel modules for Linux for System z. Where are you seeing that it is closed? When you say "more updated kernel" do you mean beyond 2.6.16? If so, then for your use, that's not terribly relevant, since SLES10 will never move beyond 2.6.16, per se, it will just have additional features/fixes back ported to it. > Looking at the readme files, they appear to behave similarly. > Is there any reason (stability,etc) why I should NOT go with Lintape? Supportability, for one. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
