> Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > IBM no longer provides updates for Linux for 31-bit (for the 2.6.16 and
> > later kernels).
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Carsten Otte wrote:
> This statement clearly is not true. In fact, we do.
I really want to thank the Linux team at IBM for this: THANKS!
Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> IBM no longer provides updates for Linux for 31-bit (for the 2.6.16
and later kernels).
Carsten Otte wrote:
This statement clearly is not true. In fact, we do.
Here is an example to prove my statement. Note the diff from Martin
against head31.S which is
Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IBM no longer provides updates for Linux for 31-bit (for the 2.6.16 and later
kernels).
This statement clearly is not true. In fact, we do.
Carsten
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Post, Mark K wrote:
No, he's been contradicted by the Boeblingen guys before about this. By
specifying "CONFIG_64BIT=y" or not, you can get a 64-bit or 31-bit
kernel. Otherwise my Slack/390 systems wouldn't be able to generate
31-bit 2.6 kernels, and I most certainly can.
The thing about the 2
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Mark Perry
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To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: SLES9 out of support?
Mark Perry wrote:
> Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> IBM no longer provides
>> updates for Linux for 31-bit (for the 2.6.16 and la
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> Subject: Re: SLES9 out of support?
>
> If subject lines dictated email content, this would be a
> vastly different world and mailing list. If that's the best
> retort available, I guess we've pretty much finished the discussion.
>
>
> Mark Post
>
Mark Perry wrote:
Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IBM no longer provides
updates for Linux for 31-bit (for the 2.6.16 and later kernels).
Jim
Jim,
are you saying that the "whatsnew" (Patches 6 and 7) can _NOT_ be used
to build an s390 2.6.16 kernel?
See http://www-128.ibm.com/developer
Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IBM no longer provides
updates for Linux for 31-bit (for the 2.6.16 and later kernels).
Jim
Jim,
are you saying that the "whatsnew" (Patches 6 and 7) can _NOT_ be used
to build an s390 2.6.16 kernel?
See http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux39
lf Of
Mark Perry
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 3:05 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: SLES9 out of support?
Post, Mark K wrote:
> Which has nothing to do with what we're talking about: being able to
run
> the most current versions of SLES and RHEL on current machinery. The
> From: "Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Other than for VSE/ESA 2.7, ALL IBM operating systems for 31-bit
> are now out of service (or very close to it). This includes z/OS
> and z/VM (V4 goes out of service in 2 weeks). Our strategy is all
> new development is 64-bit only,
Post, Mark K wrote:
Which has nothing to do with what we're talking about: being able to run
the most current versions of SLES and RHEL on current machinery. The
cost of memory was never the reason for people not to move to zSeries.
That was just one component of the reason.
Mark Post
I unde
> Ihno and Hannes have already addressed the support question. In
> terms of SLES10, as discussed in this list, yes it is 64-bit
> only. IBM sees that most of its customers have upgraded to
> zSeries machines, so they wanted to cut the cost of supporting
> the 31-bit versions of the code they maint
Post
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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Mark Perry
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 2:02 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: SLES9 out of support?
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Keep this in perspective please Mark. There are still _years_ of support
for s390 from
ssage-
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Mark Perry
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 2:02 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: SLES9 out of support?
-snip-
Keep this in perspective please Mark. There are still _years_ of support
for s390 from both the vendors an
Post, Mark K wrote:
Novell and Red Hat did that at the encouragement of IBM, i.e., they're
no longer paying them to produce a 31-bit platform for the mainframe.
Hence, lower costs.
The IBM developers at some point will stop testing changes on 31-bit
systems. No QA, lower costs, etc., etc.
Mar
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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Mark Perry
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 12:21 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: SLES9 out of support?
Post, Mark K wrote:
> Ihno and Hannes have already addressed the support question. In terms
>
Post, Mark K wrote:
Ihno and Hannes have already addressed the support question. In terms
of SLES10, as discussed in this list, yes it is 64-bit only. IBM sees
that most of its customers have upgraded to zSeries machines, so they
wanted to cut the cost of supporting the 31-bit versions of the c
n 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Ranga Nathan
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 2:00 AM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: SLES9 out of support?
Novell tells me that SLES9 is out of support! Most of us are running
SLES9 and some SLES8! They released SLES10 only just and only
hi,
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 10:59:49PM -0700, Ranga Nathan wrote:
> Novell tells me that SLES9 is out of support! Most of us are running
> SLES9 and some SLES8! They released SLES10 only just and only for s390x,
> whatever that means! Is it 64 bit?
> How can Novell sunset SLES9 so quickly?
NO. NO
Ranga Nathan wrote:
Novell tells me that SLES9 is out of support! Most of us are running
SLES9 and some SLES8! They released SLES10 only just and only for s390x,
whatever that means! Is it 64 bit?
How can Novell sunset SLES9 so quickly?
Who was that? Give me his number NOW.
(Out of support? I
Novell tells me that SLES9 is out of support! Most of us are running
SLES9 and some SLES8! They released SLES10 only just and only for s390x,
whatever that means! Is it 64 bit?
How can Novell sunset SLES9 so quickly?
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