Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-16 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 12:11:32PM -0400, Paul Hanrahan wrote: > Jan, > [...] > Have you tried running Hercules ? Yes, I think that Jan may have some experience in that area. ;-) -- - mdz

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-13 Thread Jan Jaeger
stems, and as such they will not require any major modifications. Just guessing, but there are not that may other possibilities for this to work within the current architecture. Jan Jaeger. From: David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EM

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-13 Thread David Boyes
> Consider what MPG offered: Increased performance. Moving to a more > powerful machine plus the ability to RESERVE or LOCK guest pages helps > make up for the loss of MPG. Plus, the limit of 6 preferred > guests makes > it less interesting for server consolidation, IMHO. The limit of 6 preferre

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-13 Thread Loek Sluijter
ref: - Message from Paul Hanrahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 11 Oct 2003 06:46:38 -0400 - Paul, Maybe you find some more input  for your article on the history of virtualization.(details about the history of VM and S/370 / S/390 / zSeries) in Lynn Wheelers notes: http://www.garlic.com/~

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-13 Thread Paul Hanrahan
Bob, Thanks for the tip. Paul H. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Matthews Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 3:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? Vol.13, No.3 (1974), has articles on "O

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-13 Thread Robert Matthews
Matthews, University of Geneva - Original Message - From: "Henry Schaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? > Paul, > You ask: > >I'm doing an article on th

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-12 Thread Phil Payne
> Phil, > Looked quickly at the article. Valuable. My first experience with virtualization was the dynamic address translation done on IBM machines. The Atlas machine appears to pre-date IBM's DAT facility. If you REALLY want a quick braincheck, compare the late 1960s GEORGE III "Filestore" wit

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-11 Thread Jim Elliott
> I'll start looking for a copy of the article on VM/370. IBM Systems Journals are available online at http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/ In this case, just click "Search/Index" on the left at the above URL and enter "VM/370". You will find all the Volume 18 Issue 1 articles. Jim

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-11 Thread Paul Hanrahan
- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 3:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? On Friday, 10/10/2003 at 03:23 AST, Henry Schaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > You ask

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-11 Thread Paul Hanrahan
ECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Payne Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 3:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? > I'm doing an article on the history of virtualization. I've picked up > a number of pieces off the internet. Anyone have any favor

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-11 Thread Phil Payne
> I'm doing an article on the history of virtualization. I've picked up a > number of pieces off the internet. Anyone have any favorite sources on the > emergence of virtualization in computing? http://hoc.co.umist.ac.uk/storylines/compdev/commercialisation/atlas.html -- Phil Payne http://www

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 10/10/2003 at 03:23 AST, Henry Schaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > You ask: > >I'm doing an article on the history of virtualization. I've picked up a > >number of pieces off the internet. Anyone have any favorite sources on the > >emergence of virtualization in computing? > >

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Richards.Bob
Steve, Thanks! I think I'll visit it again myself! Been a couple of years since I last read the links there. Bob -Original Message- From: Steve Gentry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Friday, October 10, 2003 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Paul Hanrahan
ber 10, 2003 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? Paul, You ask: >I'm doing an article on the history of virtualization. I've picked up a >number of pieces off the internet. Anyone have any favorite sources on >the emergence of virtu

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Paul Hanrahan
Hi, I'll print a copy off. Thank you. Paul Hanrahan -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Gentry Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? It is:

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Steve Gentry
ROTECTED] Subject:Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? Hi, Wow! Jan's a Hercules coder. I'm terrible with names. Probably saw Jan's name on the documentation somewhere and didn't recall it. I got a real kick out of booting VM/370 release 6 on my pc. Brought back o

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Henry Schaffer
Paul, You ask: >I'm doing an article on the history of virtualization. I've picked up a >number of pieces off the internet. Anyone have any favorite sources on the >emergence of virtualization in computing? There were a series articles, IIRC, in the IBM Systems Journal (a "small" format journa

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Richards.Bob
Melinda Varian's papers at the Princeton website are terrific. (sorry, don't have the URL any more) Bob -Original Message- From: Paul Hanrahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT:

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Paul Hanrahan
3 1:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 11:11, Paul Hanrahan wrote: > Jan, > Have you tried running Hercules ? I think it's safe to assume that Jan is, ah, intimately familiar with Hercules internals. (Much of the z/Arch support, for instance, is his code). Adam

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Adam Thornton
On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 11:11, Paul Hanrahan wrote: > Jan, > Have you tried running Hercules ? I think it's safe to assume that Jan is, ah, intimately familiar with Hercules internals. (Much of the z/Arch support, for instance, is his code). Adam

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-10 Thread Paul Hanrahan
Hercules ? Paul Hanrahan -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Jaeger Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? I did not say anything about the removal of SIE, just the SIE

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread Jan Jaeger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 13:25:21 -0400 On Thursday, 10/09/2003 at 04:53 GMT, Jan Jaeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick, see this from the positive side, once SIE assist code etc has been > removed, there will no longer be a

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread Paul Hanrahan
rsday, October 09, 2003 12:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? Rick, see this from the positive side, once SIE assist code etc has been removed, there will no longer be an argument for OCO ;-) Jan Jaeger. (How about z/VM V5 all source again?) >From: Alan

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 10/09/2003 at 04:53 GMT, Jan Jaeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick, see this from the positive side, once SIE assist code etc has been > removed, there will no longer be an argument for OCO ;-) No one said anything about the removal of SIE; there continues to be support for two lev

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread Jan Jaeger
TED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:58:22 -0400 On Thursday, 10/09/2003 at 12:38 EST, Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim ... I don't like where this is going. > But then, I'm a purist: I see what VM offers and find >

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread Jan Jaeger
that do have a performance issue with multiple levels of virtual storage (tpf?) Jan Jaeger. From: Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:32:58 EDT &

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 10/09/2003 at 09:12 EST, James Melin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There seems to be a prejudice here that every shop that is doing z/Linux is > also a vm shop, and this is patently false. One of the appealing things > about a z-990 for OUR situation would be the 30 LPAR capability, as

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread Jim Elliott
> I have been bothered by lack of "basic mode" for the past couple > years. Maybe this is not a problem, since I hear few customers > complaining. Rick: Most customers running z900s are already running in LPAR mode. Don't forget that if you have IFLs or ICFs on z900s or z800s you are forced into

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread James Melin
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Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread Paul Hanrahan
mark Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? On Thursday, 10/09/2003 at 12:38 EST, Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim ... I don't like where this is going. > But then, I'm a purist: I see wh

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-09 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 10/09/2003 at 12:38 EST, Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim ... I don't like where this is going. > But then, I'm a purist: I see what VM offers and find > little value in "VM in the hardware" other than to sell to > those customers who either have the rare real problem w

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-08 Thread Richard Troth
> Unfortunately, you loose support for V=F guests on the z990. With the > complexity of the I/O subsystem (two logical channel sets, 512 > channels) LPAR mode became mandatory to manage the environment. If you > have images that really require the level of performance provided by > V=R/V=F support,

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-08 Thread Jim Elliott
> What is the status of multiple preferred guests on z990 machines? > iirc the z990 cannot run in basic mode, which was always a prereq > for multiple preferred guests. When running under PR/SM the MHPGF > would be taken by PR/SM. Running multiple preferred guests will > require something like 2nd

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-08 Thread Jan Jaeger
zones, unless PR/SM has changed such that it no longer uses the MHPGF. Jan Jaeger. From: Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:57:26 EDT >>

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-07 Thread Jim Elliott
>> This was further enhanced in announcements on June 11, 1987 >> with the VM/XA System Product and the Multiple High >> Performance Guest Support facility (MHPGS) and February 15, >> 1988 as the Processor Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM) which >> provides the Logical Partitioning facility (the fir

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-07 Thread Coffin Michael C
to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 6:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue? Having read the article, while interesting (and important), Intel's Vanderpool is scarcely the "one of the decade's most significant breakthr

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-07 Thread Phil Payne
> This was > further enhanced in announcements on June 11, 1987 with the VM/XA > System Product and the Multiple High Performance Guest Support > facility (MHPGS) and February 15, 1988 as the Processor > Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM) which provides the Logical > Partitioning facility (the first

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-06 Thread Jim Elliott
Having read the article, while interesting (and important), Intel's Vanderpool is scarcely the "one of the decade's most significant breakthroughs in computer technology". IBM mainframes since 1981 have had a function known as "Interpretive Execution" which is used the same way. On October 21, 198

Re: OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-06 Thread Jim Elliott
> Hmmm, now Intel is figuring out that virtualization can be made > easier with hardware. When was the SIE paper in R&D Journal, 1991? > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns4215 Volume 30 Issue 1 of the IBM Systems Journal (1991) ESA/390 interpretive-execution architecture, foundat

OT: Intel gets virtualization clue?

2003-10-06 Thread Mike Grundy
Hmmm, now Intel is figuring out that virtualization can be made easier with hardware. When was the SIE paper in R&D Journal, 1991? http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns4215 - Mike