On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:12 AM, David Clements <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Stephen Powell <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:19:13 -0500 (EST), David Clements wrote: >> > Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> ... >> >> The standard Debian package for >> >> Hercules, 3.07, does not support an Open Systems Adapter Express in >> QDIO >> >> mode, so that's the end of that. >> >> >> >> I've never tried to use znetconf. For that matter, I've never tried >> to use >> >> lsqeth either. But it does seem to be included in the standard >> s390-tools >> >> package under Debian. Here is some output from my system: >> >> >> >> # whereis lsqeth >> >> lsqeth: /sbin/lsqeth /usr/share/man/man8/lsqeth.8.gz >> >> >> >> By the way, I'd be interested to hear your opinion of my "Debian Under >> >> Hercules" >> >> web page at http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/hercules.htm . >> > >> > I'm using hercules 4.0, this version supports qeth layer2, I have debian >> > wheezy running with qeth and I'm currently testing layer3 qeth. >> > >> > What version of debian-390 are you using, the current stable that I have >> > installed, only contains a minimal s390-tools package and I have yet to >> > find a full debian s390-tools package. >> >> The system quoted above is a jessie system (testing). >> >> Debian, especially Debian stable, tends to be a "trailing edge" >> distribution. Many Debian packages are substantially behind the latest >> upstream release, hercules itself being a good example (3.07 vs 4.0). >> GNU parted is another example. It is way behind. >> >> s390-tools is no exception. The release used in jessie, 1.17.1, >> is way behind the latest upstream release, which at the time of this >> writing is apparently 1.24.1. >> >> Perhaps the tools you are looking for don't exist in 1.17.1. >> Debian wheezy (stable) uses 1.16.0, even older. Make sure that the >> documentation you're looking at (Device Drivers, Features, and >> Commands?) was written for release 1.16.0 or 1.17.1, depending on >> which Debian "release" you are running. >> >> If you're looking for a bleeding edge distribution, look elsewhere. >> >> I speak here as an experienced Debian user, not as any kind of >> official spokesman for Debian. >> >> -- >> .''`. Stephen Powell >> : :' : >> `. `'` >> `- >> > > I'm in the process of installing Jessie, I'll see how I get on with that > system. As far as the znetconf, lsqeth tools are concerned they were in > S390-tools package at 1.10.0, so they should have been correct in Wheezy. > I'll stay with debian, it is all I need in a distro. > > Dave Clements. > My jessie installed finished and znetconf is missing. This is very weird because lsqeth, lsdasd, lscss, etc. are all part of the zconf sub-package and they are installed. I have wasted enough time on this, and as I now understand what is going on with the s390-tools package, not why, I will continue to pull the package from DeveloperWorks, and get on with my qeth testing.
