Re: [MI400] temporary level 3 header

["Keith Carpenter" <CarpCon@xxxxxxx>]

As far as the new MI pdf goes, the sloppy conversion (just look at EDIT)
suggests that either there's no budget for quality work or nobody really
cares.


I had hoped the p and i series were going to be consolidated as a single
brand.  This would mean separating the OS from the common hardware. Maybe by
the time the zSeries goes ppc this will make more sense.

If there's a common hardware brand, it would make sense that the current
pSeries PowerPC docs should also include the iSeries extensions.

Funny that the same documentation that is considered just a reference for
assembler programming on the pSeries is also considered sensitive internals
documentation for the iSeries.


It would be interesting if the new virtualization layer offers a new way to
explore the underpinnings of i5/OS.  For example, accessing disk that
otherwise can only be done via DST/SST.


Keith



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mi400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: [MI400] temporary level 3 header


>
>
>
> Interesting question.  I've run into sites on the IBM pages that detail
> the instructions for pSeries in GREAT detail...and I think I've run into
> some that have iSeries detail...but keeping in mind that there's supposed
> to be a platform consolidation going on here, uh, maybe some conclusions
> can be drawn?  Or at least experimented with?
>
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Keith Carpenter wrote:
>
> > Gene,
> >
> > There's a "Warning Temporary Level 4 Header" listed under ADDN at the
end of
> > the manual (introduction) which doesn't match the "Level 3" found on the
> > ADDN entry earlier in the manual.
> >
> > It would appear as Phil suggests this is part of the conversion to PDF
and
> > not real content for the manual.
> >
> > Is this the first release of the MI manual in PDF ?
> > Maybe there's hope IBM will release the Diagnostics manuals in PDF as
well.
> >
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Gene_Gaunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "MI Programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <mi400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:38 AM
> > Subject: RE: [MI400] temporary level 3 header
> >
> >
> > >
> > > MI Instructions in PDF:
> > >
> > >
> >
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/ic2924/info/rzatk/mi.pdf
>