Hi, Robin.
I would suggest that you go to the Linux source web site I mentioned below
(lxr.linux.no)
and do a search on "3270" and take a loom at the comments in the 3270 device
driver source
code files. They may shed some more light on the subject....but, of course,
once you get
the 3270 device driver built and configured properly, you will need some sort
of Linux
application to actually drive it. The only such application I know of is (was?)
NED, and
nobody can seem to find it anymore.
BTW, is anyone else having problems reaching www.linuxvm.org today? My browser
reports
back "Not found" when I attempt to go there......
Robin Atwood wrote:
On Friday 08 Aug 2008, Dave Jones wrote:
Hi, Robin.
I've taken a quick look at the 3270 documentation available here:
http://lxr.linux.no/linux/Documentation/s390/
and it too appears out of date. It mentions rebuilding the kernel with
both CONFIG_3270 and CONFIG_3270_CONSOLE options set to y. However, the
latest defconfig file does not list CONFIG_3270 and CONFIG_3270_CONSOLE as
valid configuration options.
Support for 3270 devices as a Linux console may not have been carried
forward to the newer kernels.
I think it has but the configuration options have different names. From
my .config file:
#
# S/390 character device drivers
#
CONFIG_TN3270=y
CONFIG_TN3270_TTY=y
# CONFIG_TN3270_FS is not set
CONFIG_TN3270_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_TN3215=y
CONFIG_TN3215_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_CCW_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SCLP_TTY=y
CONFIG_SCLP_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SCLP_VT220_TTY=y
CONFIG_SCLP_VT220_CONSOLE=y
Chapter 19 in the Linux Device Driver manual (SC33-8289-02) has information
but is not clear on 3270 consoles. I am going to experiment.
-Robin
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