IBM filed a feature request against RHEL 6.0 to include a sample punch card reader script on the install media for s390x. Since it's a rhel6 request, we should get those in to Fedora earlier rather than later, so here's the patch.
IBM would like us to provide mainframe users with a sample punchcard reader script along with the other boot files on s390x.
I'd just like to say that again: punch cards. --- bootdisk/s390x/redhat.exec | 9 +++++++++ scripts/mk-images.s390 | 1 + 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 bootdisk/s390x/redhat.exec
diff --git a/bootdisk/s390x/redhat.exec b/bootdisk/s390x/redhat.exec new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5b7f74 --- /dev/null +++ b/bootdisk/s390x/redhat.exec @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +/* */ +'CL RDR' +'PURGE RDR ALL' +'SPOOL PUNCH * RDR' +'PUNCH KERNEL IMG A (NOH' +'PUNCH REDHAT PARM A (NOH' +'PUNCH INITRD IMG A (NOH' +'CH RDR ALL KEEP NOHOLD' +'I 00C' diff --git a/scripts/mk-images.s390 b/scripts/mk-images.s390 index 1f87232..b3e9db1 100644 --- a/scripts/mk-images.s390 +++ b/scripts/mk-images.s390 @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ makeBootImages() { $GENINITRDSZ $sz $TOPDESTPATH/images/initrd.size cp -vf $KERNELROOT/boot/${KERNELNAME}-${version} $TOPDESTPATH/images/kernel.img
+ cp -v $BOOTDISKDIR/redhat.exec $TOPDESTPATH/images/redhat.exec cp -v $BOOTDISKDIR/generic.prm $TOPDESTPATH/images/generic.prm cp -v $BOOTDISKDIR/generic.ins $TOPDESTPATH/generic.ins
David Cantrell wrote:
IBM would like us to provide mainframe users with a sample punchcard reader script along with the other boot files on s390x.
I'd just like to say that again: punch cards.
And very handy things they are. An ideal size for noting things down on such as your shopping list, and tucking into a shirt pocket.
On Oct 31, 2008, at 16:58, David Cantrell dcantrell@redhat.com wrote:
IBM filed a feature request against RHEL 6.0 to include a sample punch card reader script on the install media for s390x. Since it's a rhel6 request, we should get those in to Fedora earlier rather than later, so here's the pat
Wow. If only I thought you were making it up. In any case, looks okay
Jeremy
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 05:31:24PM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
On Oct 31, 2008, at 16:58, David Cantrell dcantrell@redhat.com wrote:
IBM filed a feature request against RHEL 6.0 to include a sample punch card reader script on the install media for s390x. Since it's a rhel6 request, we should get those in to Fedora earlier rather than later, so here's the pat
Wow. If only I thought you were making it up. In any case, looks okay
If only I were. As far as "what about the past" requests go, the mainframe certainly leads the pack.
But, I guess with the mainframe it's less of "what about the past" and more about "I know no future" since this is really the primary boot method.
(As I write this, I can envision IBM putting the finishing touches on the USB for s390x product announcement.)
David Cantrell wrote:
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 05:31:24PM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
On Oct 31, 2008, at 16:58, David Cantrell dcantrell@redhat.com wrote:
IBM filed a feature request against RHEL 6.0 to include a sample punch card reader script on the install media for s390x. Since it's a rhel6 request, we should get those in to Fedora earlier rather than later, so here's the pat
Wow. If only I thought you were making it up. In any case, looks okay
If only I were. As far as "what about the past" requests go, the mainframe certainly leads the pack.
Why, do you suppose, that PCs begin with a display that's 80 characters wide, and not 90 or 120 (120 matches a lot of old impact printers, it's a logical size)?
The card reader is a very simple thing to program (at least, while it's working), and historically could be found in any mainframe configuration.
The hardware (and I don't mean necessarily firmware) could issue a simple read from a device, read a few bytes and jump into the code just loaded.
The code just loaded is responsible for reading the rest of the loader.
The same loader that loads from the card reader can also load from tape, so a deck of cards could be copied to tape and IPLed in the same way.
David Cantrell wrote:
IBM filed a feature request against RHEL 6.0 to include a sample punch card reader script on the install media for s390x. Since it's a rhel6 request, we should get those in to Fedora earlier rather than later, so here's the patch.
Hmm. Has anyone built Fedora for the Zeds?
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 08:59:05AM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
David Cantrell wrote:
IBM filed a feature request against RHEL 6.0 to include a sample punch card reader script on the install media for s390x. Since it's a rhel6 request, we should get those in to Fedora earlier rather than later, so here's the patch.
Hmm. Has anyone built Fedora for the Zeds?
It's a work-in-progress. Resources have been allocated for koji builders and the last status update was that F-9 had been bootstrapped manually and imported in to koji for the s390 builders. That was a few weeks ago.
That's about where things stand right now.
David Cantrell wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 08:59:05AM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
David Cantrell wrote:
IBM filed a feature request against RHEL 6.0 to include a sample punch card reader script on the install media for s390x. Since it's a rhel6 request, we should get those in to Fedora earlier rather than later, so here's the patch.
Hmm. Has anyone built Fedora for the Zeds?
It's a work-in-progress. Resources have been allocated for koji builders and the last status update was that F-9 had been bootstrapped manually and imported in to koji for the s390 builders. That was a few weeks ago.
That's about where things stand right now.
Is that downloadable? If so, an announcement to the s390 list at Marist might attract some notice, people there have discussed it.
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 10:18:11AM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
David Cantrell wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 08:59:05AM +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
David Cantrell wrote:
IBM filed a feature request against RHEL 6.0 to include a sample punch card reader script on the install media for s390x. Since it's a rhel6 request, we should get those in to Fedora earlier rather than later, so here's the patch.
Hmm. Has anyone built Fedora for the Zeds?
It's a work-in-progress. Resources have been allocated for koji builders and the last status update was that F-9 had been bootstrapped manually and imported in to koji for the s390 builders. That was a few weeks ago.
That's about where things stand right now.
Is that downloadable? If so, an announcement to the s390 list at Marist might attract some notice, people there have discussed it.
There is no release tree yet. The packages have all been built by hand and then imported in to koji to get past the chicken-and-egg problem of koji's buildroot requirement.
Once there is something usable, I imagine there will be an announcement somewhere.
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