> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Thomas David Rivers > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Micro Focus > > > > >We didn't do this because of some assembler routines used > that would not > >translate well to Linux, and some calls to an archaic product with no > >Linux equivalent. > > > > You can use the Dignus assembler to port existing z/OS > ASM source to z/Linux with very few changes. > > The Dignus assembler generates ELF objects that can be linked > into a shared library that should be loadable/callable by Microfocus. > > This would mean you are executing the ASM programs 'natively' on the > z/Arch hardware. > > - Dave R. - > > -- > [email protected] Work: (919) 676-0847 > Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com
Perhaps it was the functionality which would not translate well to zLinux. Depends on what the HLASM does. If it were my shop and I had the budget, I'd push to convert all HLASM to C with perhaps embedded assembler, if necessary. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
