Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-10-03 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 10/3/07, Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is just one case where "the PARM parm" from the VM world should be > supported by zLinux. >From what I recall, Linux does exploit the PARM on the IPL command now. The challenge was to decide how to merge it with the options already in

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-10-03 Thread Richard Troth
Going back a week or so ... Rob van der Heij wrote: > Wearing my systems management hat, I do not want a Linux server to > do things like DEFSYS. Activating a new kernel should be done under > change control by the systems programmer. That's why we had a Linux > server prepare a small "Linux IPL d

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-27 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 9/27/07, Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My apologies. I just got a note saying it does not work. That comes from giving a recipe without trying to cook it ;-) I overlooked the zero page and friends... So here's the revised list You determine them as follows in the System.map: 1

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-27 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 9/26/07, Max Belardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to do manual configuration. > The problem now seems to be related to System Map. > Using value provided by IBM site during the DEFSYS command ( DEFSYS > LXSHR 0-FF EW 100-2FF SR 300-4FF EW MINSIZE=64M " seems are related to > 2.4 kern

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-26 Thread Max Belardi
I'm trying to do manual configuration. The problem now seems to be related to System Map. Using value provided by IBM site during the DEFSYS command ( DEFSYS LXSHR 0-FF EW 100-2FF SR 300-4FF EW MINSIZE=64M " seems are related to 2.4 kernel system map. Anybody know the new value for 2.6 kernel? Tha

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Heiko Carstens
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 03:40:31PM -0400, Max Belardi wrote: > Thanks Mark > if I point to this site... I can get informations here: > http://www.vm.ibm.com/linux/linuxnss.html > > The first paragraph show... > "The VM Share Kernel Support procedure documented on this page was > created a few y

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 3:40 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Max Belardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Mark > if I point to this site... I can get informations here: > http://www.vm.ibm.com/linux/linuxnss.html > > The first paragraph show... > "The VM Share Kernel Support proce

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 4:12 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Max. > > I am sure we could be of more help to you in getting this problem fixed > if we had a better idea of what the problem really is. Dave, He's not following the manual procedu

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Max Belardi
These are all informations i can see!! i 201 clear zIPL v1.6.0 interactive boot menu 0. defaul

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Max. I am sure we could be of more help to you in getting this problem fixed if we had a better idea of what the problem really is. It appears that your virtual machine has enough CP privileges (maybe too many!). There should be some CP messages on the Linux 3270 console when you attempt to d

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Max Belardi
Thanks Mark if I point to this site... I can get informations here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/linux/linuxnss.html The first paragraph show... "The VM Share Kernel Support procedure documented on this page was created a few years ago for use with an older Linux Kernel. So, if you are using Linux K

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 2:52 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Max Belardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure... > I've set all privileges (E included)! Ouch. You do know that is a Really Bad Idea [tm], don't you? Mark Post ---

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Max Belardi
Sure... I've set all privileges (E included)! Dave Jones ha scritto: Hi, Max. There should be some CP error or warning messages assoicated with you attempting to save the Linux kernel in an NSS. Does your virtual machine where you are attempting to do this have the correct CP privilege classes

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Dave Jones
Look here: http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/dw/linux390/docu/l26cdd03.pdf It's all explained in Chapter 13, "Shared Kernel Support". Mark Post wrote: On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:22 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Max Belardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Guys, I'm trying to

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:22 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Max Belardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys, > I'm trying to set up a NSS for Shared kernel support. My > distribution is a SLES10 with SP1. The CONFIG_SHARED_KERNEL option seems > to be already specified in this kernel le

Re: Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Max. There should be some CP error or warning messages assoicated with you attempting to save the Linux kernel in an NSS. Does your virtual machine where you are attempting to do this have the correct CP privilege classes? I believe that to save an NSS, you need Class E privileges. Max Belar

Shared Kernel on Sles10

2007-09-25 Thread Max Belardi
Guys, I'm trying to set up a NSS for Shared kernel support. My distribution is a SLES10 with SP1. The CONFIG_SHARED_KERNEL option seems to be already specified in this kernel level 2.6.16.46 If I try to IPL the first instance with savesys parameter... I'm not able to see any NSS creation in VM