That is interesting. I will make a note, although what is likely to happen is that we will be surprised when a vendor ups its maintenance, then the vendor will be surprised when we switch to another product.
-----Original Message----- From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ifl Just one word of warning. A pretty small number of software suppliers didn't go along with this pricing strategy, and will still charge you for the additional capacity an IFL provides. Make sure you talk to _all_ your suppliers before you actually get one installed, just so there are no surprises. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fargusson.Alan Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ifl Note that z/OS not only will not boot on an IFL, but it does not see IFL processors when counting the number of CPs in a system. This means that they don't count for software support cost. This is very important to us (rather, it will be if we ever get an IFL to run Linux). -----Original Message----- From: Jim Elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ifl > I believe that the only difference between an Integrated Facility for > Linux (IFL) processor and a standard processor is that the IFL has a > microcode fix to ensure that MVS systems can't use it. To be more specific, the IFL has a hardware/microcode difference which prevents operating systems other than z/VM V4/V5 or Linux from booting on it. This means, z/OS, VSE/ESA, TPF, z/VM V3 and their predecessors (not just MVS). This also applies to these operating systems as guests of z/VM V4/V5. Jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
