[CentOS-devel] CentOS for IBM Mainframes.

Tue Feb 20 18:57:30 UTC 2018
Javier Romero <xavinux at gmail.com>

Hi David,

> IBM can and does provide raw z/VM VMs at Marist or Syracuse for other Linux distros, such as Debian.....

Yes, I 've had access to an OpenStack instance on a Z13 Mainframe
though Marist (testing Docker images on s390x arquitecture for the
Open Mainframe Project).

> If there is a group of CentOS developers who want to bootstrap and maintain it, the resources probably can be made available.....

I'm interested in contirbuting on this.

Thanks for your answer.

Regards,



2018-02-20 15:40 GMT-03:00 David Edelsohn <dje.gcc at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> Javier Romero writes:
>
>> Is there any chance that IBM donate this hardware for the CentOS
>> project? Think that will be also useful for that company to have
>> another Linux distro running on their Z Systems.
>
> IBM can and does provide raw z/VM VMs at Marist or Syracuse for other
> Linux distros, such as Debian. That is what you really need, not
> "hardware".  The discussion about donating hardware is off track.
>
> The Debian support is completely community driven and maintained. If
> there is a group of CentOS developers who want to bootstrap and
> maintain it, the resources probably can be made available. If this is
> a request for IBM to enable CentOS on IBMz, that is an orthogonal
> discussion about IBM resources and likely would require IBM customer
> demand.
>
> Thanks, David
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