Providing Linux 2.6 support for the zSeries platform

نویسندگان

  • Christian Borntraeger
  • Martin Schwidefsky
چکیده

C. Bornträger M. Schwidefsky This paper describes the experiences of the Linuxt on zSeriest team at the IBM Linux Technology Center in upgrading the support for the zSeries platform when migrating from Linux 2.4 to Linux 2.6. In particular, the team’s contributions to supporting the new device model, the redesigned I/O system, and improved memory management are described as well as their collaboration with the Linux open-source community.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IBM Systems Journal

دوره 44  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005