Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-27 Thread Ed Long
: From: Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com Subject: Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 12:15 AM On Monday, 07/26/2010 at 12:55 EDT, Sam Bass sam.b...@mclaneco.com wrote: I guess I don't understand the difference between VM Listserve Suggestion

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-27 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 07/27/2010 at 12:13 EDT, Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net wrote: We think we saw a difference in behaviour between these two versions. It appeared to us that we had to specify both CPU values on one card to get the desired effect. If pressed however I will deny it. :-) It depends. If

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-26 Thread Sam Bass
Does this mean that CPU 02 and 03 are unavailable for any other z/VM guest? Sam Bass -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Long Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:04 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux Progress

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-26 Thread Harder, Pieter
Verzonden: maandag 26 juli 2010 18:16 Aan: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Onderwerp: Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux Does this mean that CPU 02 and 03 are unavailable for any other z/VM guest? Sam Bass -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Long Sent

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-26 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 07/26/2010 at 12:17 EDT, Sam Bass sam.b...@mclaneco.com wrote: Does this mean that CPU 02 and 03 are unavailable for any other z/VM guest? No. Those are *virtual* CPU definitions. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-26 Thread Sam Bass
I guess I don't understand the difference between VM Listserve Suggestion MACHINE ESA 2 CPU 02 CPU 03 COMMAND SET VCONFIG MODE LINUX COMMAND DEFINE CPU 02 03 TYPE IFL And VM Listserve Suggestion MACHINE ESA 2 CPU 02 CPU 03 This is a q vconfig looks like q vconfig

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-26 Thread Mark Pace
The 1st option is if you are running in an LPAR with mixed CPU types, CP IFL. The first option ensures that your Linux guest runs on an IFL. By default it will run on a CP. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Sam Bass sam.b...@mclaneco.com wrote: I guess I don't understand the difference

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-26 Thread Mark Post
On 7/26/2010 at 12:19 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Monday, 07/26/2010 at 12:17 EDT, Sam Bass sam.b...@mclaneco.com wrote: Does this mean that CPU 02 and 03 are unavailable for any other z/VM guest? No. Those are *virtual* CPU definitions. Which also means that you

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-26 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 07/26/2010 at 12:55 EDT, Sam Bass sam.b...@mclaneco.com wrote: I guess I don't understand the difference between VM Listserve Suggestion MACHINE ESA 2 CPU 02 CPU 03 COMMAND SET VCONFIG MODE LINUX COMMAND DEFINE CPU 02 03 TYPE IFL And VM Listserve

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-24 Thread Ed Long
Thank you all very much for the great assistance. Now, to continue the quote from Casablanca, Where are my winnings? I will pop a note as suggested. Edward Long --- On Fri, 7/23/10, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: From: Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com Subject: Re: IFL's, VM

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-23 Thread Ed Long
onto the IFL. Edward Long --- On Thu, 7/22/10, Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net wrote: From: Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net Subject: Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux To: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 10:59 AM Thank you for the clarifications.   The VM LPAR

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-23 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 10:51 EDT, Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net wrote: Hi everyone. Back in April on the VM user group someone asked this very question. Here is what they said: *BEGIN EXCERPT Yes. Do CP DEDICATE USER userid CPU cpuaddr. Or add DEDICATE to the CPU directory statement.

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-23 Thread Ed Long
: From: Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net Subject: Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux To: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Friday, July 23, 2010, 10:48 AM Hi everyone. Back in April on the VM user group someone asked this very question. Here is what they said: *BEGIN EXCERPT Yes. Do CP

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-23 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 03:05 EDT, Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net wrote: Sugg to the IBM'ers, the doc on this subject could stand an upgrade. I'm shocked, Ed. Shocked, I say. It's intuitively obvious as long as you understand o LPAR configuration modes o Primary and secondary CPUs o The DEFINE

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-23 Thread Marcy Cortes
this message. Thank you for your cooperation. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:58 PM To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] IFL's, VM, and Linux On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 03:05

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-22 Thread Mrohs, Ray
-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux On 7/21/2010 at 05:16 PM, Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net wrote: Thanks for thinking about our problem. So does your construct COMMAND DEFINE CPU 00 IFL effectively tell VM to assign the first real IFL to this VM as CPU 00

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-22 Thread John Schnitzler Jr
. jnsch...@us.ibm.com From: Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 07/21/2010 05:19 PM Subject:Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Thanks for thinking about our problem. So does your construct COMMAND DEFINE

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-22 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 07/21/2010 at 05:20 EDT, Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net wrote: Thanks for thinking about our problem. So does your construct COMMAND DEFINE CPU 00 IFL effectively tell VM to assign the first real IFL to this VM as CPU 00? On our system, the first real IFL is CPU 02 (00 and 01 are

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-22 Thread Ed Long
a WAS/Linux workload and could see the work only dispatching on the CP's.   I will report back when we get more info.   Thank you all for the assistance. Edward Long --- On Thu, 7/22/10, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: From: Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com Subject: Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-21 Thread Ed Long
We have a z10 running VM 5.4 in LPAR #1. The box has 2 half speed CP's, 2 IFL's, and 2 ZAAP's. We want to modify a specific zLinux guest, call it zLinux1, to only run on the IFL's. So far, we can get it to see all 6 engines which is not good. Sorry if this is obvous to some, what would be the

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-21 Thread Mark Post
On 7/21/2010 at 01:21 PM, Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net wrote: We have a z10 running VM 5.4 in LPAR #1. The box has 2 half speed CP's, 2 IFL's, and 2 ZAAP's. We want to modify a specific zLinux guest, call it zLinux1, to only run on the IFL's. So far, we can get it to see all 6 engines which

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-21 Thread Ed Long
wrote: From: Mark Post mp...@novell.com Subject: Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 5:02 PM On 7/21/2010 at 01:21 PM, Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net wrote: We have a z10 running VM 5.4 in LPAR #1. The box has 2 half speed CP's, 2 IFL's, and 2

Re: IFL's, VM, and Linux

2010-07-21 Thread Mark Post
On 7/21/2010 at 05:16 PM, Ed Long rdhm...@prodigy.net wrote: Thanks for thinking about our problem. So does your construct COMMAND DEFINE CPU 00 IFL effectively tell VM to assign the first real IFL to this VM as CPU 00? No. This is referring to the virtual CPUs that the guest will