David L. Craig wrote: [snip.....]
Sigh... We're running VM/ESA 2.2 which means CP doesn't know about the IEEE floating point hardware. As I see it, we can upgrade VM, tell the kernel to use emulation even though the hardware is there, or put Debian (and VM) into their own LPARs. Does crypto make heavy use of floating point?
No, it does not. It makes (heavy) use of integer arithmetic, though. Note that a crypto processor is available for the 7060, to offload this work from the CPU.
Is there a way to virtually network between LPARs? Not on a 7060, as far as I know. It does not support hipersockets, so any network connections between LPARS will, I think, require some sort of route through the OS/2 side or some other external connection.
Does the kernel parameter support using emulation even when the hardware is available? If you can answer off the top of your head, let me know. Otherwise, I'll figure this out next week.
If the Linux kernel detects the crypto hardware, it will use it; if not, it uses emulation (all that integer arithmetic mentioned above). If you need an encryption solution for the CMS environment, drop me a note off list. Hope this helps some.
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