On a z14, you won't be able to run OS 2.9 or earlier, or 31 bit Linux. Not even under z/VM.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Joel C. Ewing <[email protected]> wrote: > Clarification appreciated. > > So writing "z13/ 2018 (last IPL-in-31-bit-mode CPU)" could have > eliminated much source of confusion, and by implication indicate that a > 31-bit Linux, the only 31-bit operating system directly supported in a > z13 LPAR, could at that point only be IPLed under z/VM. Any users of > 31-bit Linux would either have to run z/VM or convert to a 64-bit Linux > in order to migrate beyond a z13.. > Joel C. Ewing > > On 02/10/2016 08:51 AM, Mike Schwab wrote: >> IBM Statement of direction: z13 will be the last processor that IPLs >> in 31 bit mode. z14 will IPL in 64 bit mode. >> >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 5:14 AM, R.S. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> W dniu 2016-02-09 o 21:03, Mike Schwab pisze: >>>> Last orderable in Summer: z900/ 2006, z990/ 2008, z9/ 2010, z10/2012, >>>> z196/2014. >>>> Estimating in Summer z12/ 2016, z13/ 2018 (last 31 bit mode cpu), z14/ >>>> 2020. >>> What is "last 31 bit mode cpu" ??? >>> AFAIK last 31 bit machine was 9672 G6, but 31 bit mode programs are still >>> supported as well as 24 bit programs (trimodal architecture). >>> >>> -- >>> Radoslaw Skorupka >>> Lodz, Poland >>> ... >>> Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
