Or make the driver ignore anything specified and set it to null/blank ... ?
Scott Rohling On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: > >>> 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/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
