Re: 504

Just a little longer - console is run off the service processor, right?
This is a separate unit from the main CPU. Wonder what implications this has.

At 11:15 AM 3/14/02 -0600, you wrote:
>From: Steve Richter <srichter@AutoCoder.com>
> > > the line should the cable be disconnected. Simply assume that it is
>always
> > > there and that it always works (and as now: hang with a Reference code
> > > if not found during IPL). So, I see no excuses. It is still terrible.
> > >
> >
> > The console connection has to work even if os400 is not loaded on the
> > system.  So the protocol code must make a minimum of system calls.
> > Probably no system calls.  If that is the case, adding any requirement
>other
> > then "connect at ipl" probably does more harm in the form of possible bugs
> > and problems then it is worth.
> >
>
>still terrible.
>Someone mentioned that you can plug in a new cable and the system
>will "autodetect" the new cable. Why not autodetect the console cable?
>This will not complicate the IPL protocol. No valid excuses as far as
>I can see. But the thread has run its course and I learned something
>and it is not good.
>
>
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