Mark,

Thanks for the reply.  You write:
Going back to a previous comment you made, about z/VM not being an option for 
you.  Why is that?  z/VM is dirt cheap, and will allow you to run more than one 
copy of Linux per LPAR, and more effectively share all the resources of that 
LPAR.  Trust me, running Linux in an LPAR is a pain in the neck.

The reason is that this is not an in-house product, and we can't enforce zVM on 
our customers' production servers.  Besides, I understand that running zVM 
incurs substantial human costs for system administration.  Is that your 
experience too?

Thanks,

--Anatol

-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Mark Post
Sent: Sat 2/16/2008 11:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: USS->Linux
 
>>> On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at  2:53 PM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Anatol Zolotusky
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> Dave,
> 
> If I understand the 
> architecture correctly, the only way to run Linux on an IFL is in a separate 
> LPAR, therefore we're out of luck regarding usage of shared memory and 
> semaphores.  

Absolutely correct.

> Or are we?  Is there a way to run Linux on an IFL in the same LPAR as an 
> MVS-USS application?  (Sorry for a possibly silly question, but as I said, 
> I'm new to the Linux on zSeries world).

No.  You cannot mix CPs and IFLs in the same LPAR.

Going back to a previous comment you made, about z/VM not being an option for 
you.  Why is that?  z/VM is dirt cheap, and will allow you to run more than one 
copy of Linux per LPAR, and more effectively share all the resources of that 
LPAR.  Trust me, running Linux in an LPAR is a pain in the neck.


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


----------------------------------------------------------------------
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

Reply via email to