Given that there is absolutely no security involved with that file system, I would strongly recommend against installing it on your Linux/390 systems. If you do install it, you had better be able to prove to your auditors that only the DASD volumes that should be online to the system ever are online, and that only datasets that can be shared, are on those volumes. Etc.
Too much hassle for my taste, Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sergey Korzhevsky Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 10:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Accessing OS/390data from Linux LPAR. I've made a diff against linux-2.4.17.SuSE (from 64bit beta and only for 64bit-kernel) WBR, Sergey Phil Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09.02.2004 17:26 Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Accessing OS/390data from Linux LPAR. > There is a need to directly access OS/390 datasets from Linux partition. ISTR Hitachi released a Linux file system for addressing /390 files at: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/linux_m/gpl/get-linux-2.2.16-mp-1.2 .diff-gpl.html But that link is now broke. Anyone know the status? Of course, getting there is only a fraction of the problem. Understanding what you find when you get there ... -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.com +44 7785 302 803
