There's a new contribution to the VM Download library called SHUTTRAP. It provides a mechanism for exploiting the automated shutdown facility from CMS. Enjoy!
Romney On Fri, 31 May 2002 11:20:05 -0600 Ferguson, Neale said: >I didn't see any reference in the "Whats New" stuff but I have a patch for >2.4.7 that supports automated shutdown of the Linux system when: > >1. CP SHUTDOWN (z/VM 4.3) >2. CP SIGNAL SHUTDOWN (z/VM 4.3) >3. LPAR shutdown > >is encountered. It uses the SERVC facility to tell VM/LPAR that it is >interested in being informed when the system is going down. At such a time >an external interrupt is received (0x2401 - same as used by hwc) with an >indicator of how long the system has got before the underlying hypervisor >and/or hardware will "vanish". The code, as I've written it, will invoke the >ctrl-alt-del processing. If you have the following entry in /etc/inittab: > ># Powerdown >ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -h now > >You should be in business. > >I'm sure IBM are working on their own "all-singing" and "all-dancing" >version that will do a more complete or aesthetically pleasing job, but in >the interim you may find this useful. You may have additional work to do for >2.4.17. snipŮ
