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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. > > >_______________________________________________ >This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list >To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l >or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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