> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Moulder > Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 3:14 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: FW: The PSI Letter V4
<snip> > > Upgrades have always been an issue in the "z" environment, > now others are > taking note of this and trying to do the same things for > other platforms. > So, there are a lot of devil in the details. Like how PSI > would handle the > CPU serial number and upgrades to the processor number and > speed. I suppose > they could change the serial number on an upgrade and force > the customer to > deal with IBM since the software is licensed to a CPU. Being the geek-head that I am, I would be greatly tempted to "reverse engineer" the "microcode" to determine where the CPUID and the output from STSI came from and "zap" it to be what I think would be better. Yes, I realize that this would likely be in violation of the license for whatever PSI uses. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
