[Info-vax] %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO again

[Dan Cross]

In article <uv8elm$1l1r1$1 at dont-email.me>,
Hans Bachner  <hans at bachner.priv.at> wrote:
>Robert A. Brooks schrieb am 08.04.2024 um 18:49:
>> On 4/8/2024 8:34 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>>> If there's something VMS needs or a configuration it doesn't support,
>>> then that should be probed at boot time and VMS should refuse to continue
>>> booting with the reason why been made clear. The bug in this case is that
>>> this check is missing from VMS.
>> 
>> That's one way to look at it.
>> 
>> Another way is that we have been quite clear what the requirements are 
>> to run VMS.
>> 
>> Any variation from that is unsupported.  We recognize that there are 
>> likely configurations
>> that are technically unsupported, but will still likely work.  
>> Preventing those
>> configurations from working is someething we could do, but chose not to.
>> 
>>> The other possibility is that VMS is _supposed_ to work OK in this
>>> configuration, but this specific VM setup has been untested by VSI until
>>> now. That means there is a bug in the VMS code itself which needs fixing.
>> 
>> We are not claiming support for Proxmox, although that testing has begun.
>> Given that it is a KVM-based hypervisor, getting it fully supported 
>> should not
>> be difficult, but we're not there yet.
>> 
>> It is for these reasons that we've been quite conservative about what is 
>> supported.
>> 
>> We are interested in any feedback we get, but that doesn't mean we're 
>> going to respond to every
>> problem immediately when it's an unsupported configuration.
>
>At the Connect IT Symposium, Thilo Lauer (VSI) yesterday gave an 
>introduction to Proxmox and demoed an OpenVMS instance running under 
>Proxmox. Camiel Vanderhoeven also mentioned that official support for 
>Proxmox as a hypervisor is relatively high on their list, especially due 
>to the changes at VMware since the takeover by Broadcom.
>
>So - stay tuned...
>
>Hans.
>
>PS: Camiel has been appointed "Chief Architect and Strategist" at VSI 
>recently. In his new role, he will relief Clair Grant from some of his 
>responsibilities.

Interesting.  Personally, I'd really like to see OpenVMS get
official support on Oxide hardware.  https://oxide.computer/

	- Dan C.