>>> On 6/16/2015 at 09:55 AM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, 06/16/2015 at 12:50 EDT, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: >> >>> On 6/15/2015 at 11:54 PM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> > wrote: >> > Neither z/VM nor Linux have to specify a portname (real or virtual). I >> > recommend that you do NOT specify the portname. >> > >> > I don't understand why the distros still worry about the portname. We > got >> > rid of the requirement for z/VM and Linux on the z900 and z800 back in >> > 2003. Just issue a msg that it's obsolete and ignore it. >> >> Even for Linux in an LPAR sharing an OSA with a z/OS system that is > specifying >> (their equivalent of) a portname? > > Yes, even then. You can google "OSA portname relief".
OK then. I'm going to open up a bug with IBM to either remove that attribute from the driver, or make it read-only in sysfs. Preferably removing it altogether since it can only cause problems by being present. Looking at the results of my Google searches, I can see why I never made the complete connection. There were always statements made about z/OS requiring the parameter, and "if you specify it in Linux it has to match." Looking at it now, I understand what was meant. Back then it meant (to me and apparently others) "if you're sharing an OSA you need to specify the same portname as z/OS is using." Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
