Future of the s390 port

2009-08-31 Thread Bastian Blank
Hi folks The s390 port was released with Lenny. However it is not in the best condition. There are mainly two problems which needs attention, lack of manpower and a 64 bit userland. The first problem is the worst. Currently only Frans Pop and I do work on it. Frans only does the

Re: Future of the s390 port

2009-08-31 Thread Michael Casadevall
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Marco d'Itrim...@linux.it wrote: On Aug 31, Bastian Blank wa...@debian.org wrote: I doubt that I would be able to push this port through another release in the current state. The consequence would by that the port dies completely and with it the only free and

Re: Future of the s390 port

2009-08-31 Thread Adam Thornton
On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Michael Casadevall wrote: I think a bigger question is where do you find hardware where you can get remote root on; I'm not very familiar with s390 or mainframes in general, but its not a piece of hardware one individual person would own. I'm aware of the Hercules

Re: Future of the s390 port

2009-08-31 Thread Adam Thornton
On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Bastian Blank wrote: The first problem is the worst. Currently only Frans Pop and I do work on it. Frans only does the Debian-Installer part and I simply have not enough time to do the rest. The s390 architecture is quite different to anything else, so

Re: Future of the s390 port

2009-08-31 Thread Frans Pop
Marco d'Itri wrote: On Aug 31, Bastian Blank wa...@debian.org wrote: I doubt that I would be able to push this port through another release in the current state. The consequence would by that the port dies completely and with it the only free and released distribution for this machines. Is

Re: Future of the s390 port

2009-08-31 Thread The Fungi
I've been meaning to set up a used representative for testing in my lab at home, and would appreciate suggestions on some of the smaller options (from a space and power/thermal perspective). I've worked with a larger S/390 sysplex in the past (unfortunately not running Linux natively), but am

Re: Future of the s390 port

2009-08-31 Thread The Fungi
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 03:39:10PM -0500, Adam Thornton wrote: A Multiprise H50 or H70 would fit your needs, maybeit's about that size, probably pretty cheap on the used market, could run z/VM 4.4. It is, however, 31-bit only. There is nothing at all 64-bit yet that fits the bill. How