On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Chase, John wrote: > Background: Our warm-site machine is a z/890 in CBU configuration, > currently "maxed out" with GP engines; hence we cannot now add an IFL to > it. > > A proposed z/VM / Linux POC is being delayed because an "IBM rep" > apparently told one of our decision-makers that Linux "can't run on a GP > engine", and we're not allowed to proceed unless we can show D/R > capability equivalent to our z/OS environment. > > So, regarding "Linux can't run on a GP engine", would one or more of you > please affirm or refute that statement? Expound as you deem > appropriate, but "keep it clean". :-) > > TIA, > > -jc-
Anything that can run on an IFL can run on a GP. A GP has a "proper superset" of all the facilities on an IFL. I.e. a GP has everything that an IFL has, plus a few extra things needed to run z/OS and other IBM licensed OSes. -- Q: What do theoretical physicists drink beer from? A: Ein Stein. Maranatha! John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
