[CALUG] z/Linux or Linux on the Mainframe

[Eric K. Dickinson]

Yes they are part of the standard presentation

Plus

LPAR
IFL
LVM on DASD
OSA adapters
Hypersockets.

Who does the scheduling?

eric

On 03/04/2011 12:31 PM, Walt Smith wrote:
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>> Would there be any interest in the community on a
>> presentation about Linux on the Mainframe?
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>> eric
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> yes.
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> I'd like to know what a mainframe is in todays terms
> running Linux, and what apps on linux take advantage.
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> It seems like the x86 ( as the popular example )
> has the architecture of what used to be a mainframe.
> For example, virtual architecture, loose and tightly coupled
> cores, multicores, shared memory, modules in racks and
> bios or monitor or no (?), RISC vs complex, multiple racks
> and the communication system (Tokien Ring?<g>).
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> and of course, how linux is used in the mainframe.
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> Perhaps the context would be an x86 in a mainframe architecture?
> IOW, I don't know.
> A "CPU context" discussion comparing your mainframe CPU to x86
> might be interesting to those with only x86 experience.
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> thx for offering,
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