Mainframe Linux

What are issues related to supporting OS/390 or z/OS in a virtual machine?

These sources are built from the virgin 2.4.21 kernel (from kernel.org) with the following patches from IBM Developerworks applied in order:

  linux-2.4.21-s390-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-01-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-02-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-03-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-04-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-05-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-06-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-07-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-08-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-09-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-10-june2003.diff 
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-

Bay Bunch is a San Francisco Bay area group of zSeries and Linux enthusiasts.

The Bay Bunch info is available at http://www.sytek-services.com/, click on 'Bay Bunch'.

While primarily for discussion of Linux on the S/390 platforms, a lot of VM-related discussion goes on here as well

Debian SSL Server Enabler is a preconfigured mainframe Linux system, developed by Sine Nomine Associates and offered for free download, that enables the use of the IBM VM SSL code shipped with z/VM 4.3 and 4.4.

The Debian SSL Server Enabler has been updated to version 0.4.

Sine Nomine Associates is pleased to announce Version 1.0 of the Debian SSL Enabler, a preconfigured Linux system that enables the use of the IBM VM SSL code shipped with z/VM 4.3, 4.4, and 5.1. It is also possible to use it in conjunction with z/VM 3.1, 4.1, or 4.2, although this is not tested or supported by Sine Nomine Associates.

The Debian SSL Server Enabler is a preconfigured Linux system that enables the use of the IBM VM SSL code shipped with z/VM. Sine Nomine Associates is pleased to announce Version 1.1 of this product.

Novell Inc. has announced the release of the SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Starter System for System z, which is a pre-built mainframe Linux server that makes it easier for businesses to evaluate Linux on System z. The Starter System was developed by Sine Nomine Associates.

"Meet David Boyes." Scott Courtney interviews David in an article for Linux Planet (March 2001)