On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:58:10 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >[... CMS ...] It is more of a >single-user terminal session than an OS. And yes, it no longer can be IPLed >on the hardware, so a purist might say that disqualifies it as an operating >system right there. What kind of operating system requires an operating >system in order to run? > Nowadays (or is it next year's model?), on the z, practically every one. Nothing will run without the PR/SM hypervisor.
In the twilight of Sun Microsystems, Sine Nomine ported OpenSolaris to z. It required z/VM for various assists. Decades ago, I ATTACHed a real printer to a CMS guest. Didn't work. CMS printer driver issues CP commands to what it assumes is a virtual printer. Grrr. Don't know about Pipelines. >Would not the proper phrase be "run independently of CP"? CMS is a component >of z/VM; it can't be independent of z/VM, it *is* z/VM. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
