On Thursday, 10/29/2009 at 11:44 EDT, Ray Waters <ray.wat...@opensolutions.com> wrote: > I don't know why the LS -L shows HTC.6500 etc We are running on a z9 BC.
The value has nothing to do with the kind of CPU you are using, but the kind of disks you have. Perhaps "HTC" means "Hitachi"? I believe the values are taken from self-description data returned by Read Configuration Data CCWs. If it follows the IBM model, buried in there is a value that represents the number of configured paths into the storage device. Dunno what NEDs/NEQs (the things returned by RCD) Linux is using. It's useful to compare two id values when you want to know "Is it really the same device and not a copy?" It's useless, however, as an administrative handle for the device. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
