Re: What's New in z/VM 5.4

2008-08-05 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 08/05/2008 at 07:51 EDT, Nick Laflamme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 05:26 PM 8/5/2008 -0400, Alan Altmark wrote: > >For posterity, here's a summary of what's in z/VM 5.4: > > > >- System z10 processor instruction exploitation > > I'm confused, partly by the pre-announce discussion

Re: What's New in z/VM 5.4

2008-08-05 Thread Jack Woehr
Alan Altmark wrote: - z/VM system management API (SMAPI) enhancements Whee! -- Jack J. Woehr# "Self-delusion is http://www.well.com/~jax # half the battle!" http://www.softwoehr.com # - Zippy the Pinhead

Re: What's New in z/VM 5.4

2008-08-05 Thread Wayne Driscoll
st 05, 2008 6:51 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: What's New in z/VM 5.4 At 05:26 PM 8/5/2008 -0400, Alan Altmark wrote: >For posterity, here's a summary of what's in z/VM 5.4: > >- System z10 processor instruction exploitation I'm confused, partly by t

Re: What's New in z/VM 5.4

2008-08-05 Thread Nick Laflamme
At 05:26 PM 8/5/2008 -0400, Alan Altmark wrote: For posterity, here's a summary of what's in z/VM 5.4: - System z10 processor instruction exploitation I'm confused, partly by the pre-announce discussion of what architecture level instruction PL/X generates. Does this mean guest OSes and use

What's New in z/VM 5.4

2008-08-05 Thread Alan Altmark
For posterity, here's a summary of what's in z/VM 5.4: - System z10 processor instruction exploitation - z/VM-mode LPAR support - System ID verification on the SHUTDOWN command - DAT table performance enhancements - Dynamic LPAR memory upgrade - Dynamic virtual machine memory upgrade - Virtual CPU