Cool. Does that mean the distros will start shipping it? (My clients have a difficult time using things that aren’t part of the distro.)
I’m just not sure how that process works. Regards, Alan Altmark IBM > On Jun 14, 2019, at 4:52 PM, Neale Ferguson <ne...@sinenomine.net> wrote: > > There's a device driver I wrote that allows you to use IUCV as if it's a file and do open/close/read/write type operations. It has ioctls that allow you to specify things: > > - Set target class > - Get target class > - Set source class > - Get source class > - Set message tag > - Get message tag > - Set answer buffer size for 2way reply > - Get name of partner user > - Get name of partner node > > It also lets you connect to the * services. The RPM has a sample program that connects to *MSG. A source RPM for ClefOS kernel 3.10.0-957.12.2 is available at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__download.sinenomine.net_fsiucv_fsiucv-2D3.10.0-2D957.12.2.el7.src.rpm&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=XX3LPhXj6Fv4hkzdpbonTd1gcy88ea-vqLQGEWWoD4M&m=x__pTpzCIQyIhCuvLCSDr4n-5Ju-Bn4hSvl_u5QI46w&s=DHMV1wTUR_0RNjJXXDxl8AXbistpkbm1_g-8xL97BwE&e= . It is simply a matter of building it against your own kernel level to produce working binaries: > > 1. rpm --install > 2. Edit fsiucv.spec to change Version/Release specs > 3. rpmbuild --ba fsiucv.spec (there will be dependencies that rpmbuild will report) > > The binaries for the RPM will appear in the EPEL repo of ClefOS: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__download.sinenomine.net_epel&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=XX3LPhXj6Fv4hkzdpbonTd1gcy88ea-vqLQGEWWoD4M&m=x__pTpzCIQyIhCuvLCSDr4n-5Ju-Bn4hSvl_u5QI46w&s=Pp20PZRZYkLoU46uSFkLxiy4rzObaKxNCx3SKg186kg&e= over the next day or so. > > Neale > > On 6/14/19, 16:15, "Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Alan Altmark" <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU on behalf of alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > On Friday, 06/14/2019 at 07:13 GMT, "Frank M. Ramaekers" > <framaek...@ailife.com> wrote: >> Yes, that was more like I was thinking of (except in REXX). > > I suspect that Neale might have been referring to the base IUCV support in > Linux upon which AF_IUCV and the vmlogrdr are built, but I don't find any > documentation for it other than <net/iucv/iucv.h>. (Egad! I had > forgotten that I worked on that back in 2000! Has it really been that > long?!?) But I don't see any benefit to using that instead of AF_IUCV > sockets. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www2.marist.edu_htbin_wlvindex-3FLINUX-2D390&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=XX3LPhXj6Fv4hkzdpbonTd1gcy88ea-vqLQGEWWoD4M&m=x__pTpzCIQyIhCuvLCSDr4n-5Ju-Bn4hSvl_u5QI46w&s=Q16TYcGz2nCYnwmwnZlCeRYBW5AiDUT9fyB0RHkQir0&e= > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
