Re: USE_DIAG

2013-01-03 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 3 January 2013 02:49, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:15:41 -0500 (EST), Mark Post wrote: >> >> I don't know if using that single partition for an LVM PV would >> retain the performance benefits of DIAG 250 or not. > > I don't know why it wouldn't. I mean, yes, obviously a logic

Re: USE_DIAG

2013-01-02 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:15:41 -0500 (EST), Mark Post wrote: > > I don't know if using that single partition for an LVM PV would > retain the performance benefits of DIAG 250 or not. I don't know why it wouldn't. I mean, yes, obviously a logical volume involves more overhead than a native partition

Re: USE_DIAG

2013-01-02 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/2/2013 at 03:41 AM, Rob van der Heij wrote: > So it's only for FBA devices (that is VDISK and EDEV for > most of us) and it requires that the mod_diag driver is loaded. It can be used for ECKD devices, but they must be in the LDL format, not CDL, or they can be CMS FORMATted and RESERV

Re: USE_DIAG

2013-01-02 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 31 December 2012 18:18, Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] wrote: > Been reading, always a dangerous thing. > In Chapter 25. Configuring an Installed Linux on System z Instance, I see in > zipl.conf, USE_DIAG=0. In dasd.conf I see USE_DIAG=1. What is the difference? > Where do I find th

Re: USE_DIAG

2012-12-31 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:18:30 -0500 (EST), Bobby Bauer wrote: > > Been reading, always a dangerous thing. > In Chapter 25. Configuring an Installed Linux on System z Instance, > I see in zipl.conf, USE_DIAG=0. In dasd.conf I see USE_DIAG=1. > What is the difference? > > Wher

Re: USE_DIAG

2012-12-31 Thread John McKown
Assuming I understand your question, i.e. "what does use_diag control?" As Obi-Wan would say, "Use the Source, Luke!" http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~baker/devices/lxr/http/source/linux/drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c 818 <http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~baker/devices/lxr/http/source/l

USE_DIAG

2012-12-31 Thread Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E]
Been reading, always a dangerous thing. In Chapter 25. Configuring an Installed Linux on System z Instance, I see in zipl.conf, USE_DIAG=0. In dasd.conf I see USE_DIAG=1. What is the difference? Where do I find these? I don't have a USE_DIAG coded in my zipl.conf. Goggling around I also