Re: as/400 / linux / lpar

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Leif,

What WE do not know is what processor instruction, register, microcode
enhancement etc.... is needed to support fractional Linux LPARs. What we DO
know is that each turn of the crank produces processors with more
capability, more capacity, more 'RPMs' (MHz), or some combination, than the
last generation. If that were not true then V5R2 would run on a model 400
but it would just be somewhat slower than say an i890.

It may be technically possible to code this capability back to iStar or
Pulsar processors, I couldn't say. But if it's any significant effor
whatsoever, do we really want IBM to spend development dollars to support
fractional Linux LPARs on machines marginally capable of having enough power
to support it?  I think not.

  My .02

   - Larry

Leif Svalgaard wrote:

> From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@arbsol.com>
>
>>  If you have a Power4 or SStar CPU in your iSeries you can fractional LPAR
>>Linux. If you have iStar, Pulsar, or any older flavor. you can NOT
>>Fractional LPAR Linux.
>>
>>  From what I know it's NOT marketing, it's processor capability.
>>
>>
>
> you are just regurgitating the marketing spin. Explain to me (anybody)
> what specific processor capability is needed. Remember that computers
> are general purpose machines. Any computer can do what any other
> computer can do. Now, you may not WANT it to, but that is a different
> thing.

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