s390x Support

[CarstenLeue]

In #1630 there was a discussion about support for the s390x architecture. It was rejected due to lack of test systems.

Is there an option to contribute s390 binaries to the project if we are able to build and test them?

cc @roblourens

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[Carsten-Leue]

This is probably the same as #6693 so we can join forces.

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[manogy]

HI @Carsten-Leue,

What kind of test VM do you need to develop this, and for how many days you would need The VM.
one way of getting the VM is through the below request form.

https://www.ibm.com/community/z/open-source/virtual-machines-request/

In case you need some more help, please let me know I would be happy to help.

[Carsten-Leue]

@manogy thanks for the pointer. Another option might be the use of a s390x VSI on VPC to produce the binaries.

Are you aware of the actual process to contribute back?

[mgrossmann]

For z/OS (Unix System Service) you could use Wazi as a Service
For zLinux you can simply use a zLinux Docker Container using qemu.

[manogy]

Thank you I will have a look at the suggested solutions.

[mgrossmann]

Hi there....

happy new year. :)

is there any news regarding this topic?

Mike

[manogy]

Hi team,

We are eagerly waiting for this extension to start support on s390x. could you please suggest the expected timeline?
I and my team would be happy to work with your dev team if needed, if you need a few underlying packages ported to s390x we are happy to help there as well.

cc: @kieferrm

Manogya

[manogy]

update: as a workaround, I am using the ssh fs plugin. @mgrossmann @Carsten-Leue please explore that, it has limited features but till the time remote ssh extension gets enabled we can use that.

[mgrossmann]

Hello @manogy

thanks for the hint. Will give it a try.

Mike

[marcelo-campos]

Hello everyone,

Any news on this feature?

[Crosswind]

I think, we have have two slightly different cases here. This one is asking for s390x support (often called Linux on z). It might be a bit easier to accomplish because it is easier to get access to a system as @manogy pointed out.

#6693 is asking to support z/OS UNIX (USS) on a z/OS system. Both systems might run on the same hardware but they are different in how they work.

[v1gnesh]

Tagging @MikeFultonDev & @IgorTodorovskiIBM for z/OS and @pleia2 for Linux on Z.

[pleia2]

My team is on the other end of the form that @manogy mentioned last year for access to a Linux on Z VM, and this sounds like a great use of the resource, so we'd be happy to grant a VM to a contributor/team working on it once we receive the request.

[manogy]

Hi VS code Team,

is there any update on this? we from IBM are happy to contribute in porting the code to s390x architecture.

I think, we have two slightly different cases here. This one is asking for s390x support (often called Linux on z). It might be a bit easier to accomplish because it is easier to get access to a system as @manogy pointed out.

#6693 is asking to support z/OS UNIX (USS) on a z/OS system. Both systems might run on the same hardware but they are different in how they work.

on this, I can say s390x is Linux which can run most of the things readily as we run on x86 ( amd/intel ) arch. If in case you need any help with some lower level package you can reach out to me at manogya.sharma@ibm.com.
on the other hand, ZOS is not Linux it is a different OS but ZOS and s390x follow the same CPU instructions ( big-endian ).

cc: @MikeFultonDev @IgorTodorovskiIBM @pleia2

[lbdyck]

Please make this happen - I can't use VSCode at this point for more than playing with.

[nealef]

WRT testing systems - we now have self-hosted actions runner for s390x and ppc64le on github and soon should have hosted ones (available from the github marketplace) so testing should be much less of a problem.

[mgrossmann]

Thanks Neale

[aaron-malik]

WRT testing systems - we now have self-hosted actions runner for s390x and ppc64le on github and soon should have hosted ones (available from the github marketplace) so testing should be much less of a problem.

Hi @nealef Where can we find the documentation for the self hosted actions runner on s390x?

[pleia2]

@aaron-malik we (a team I'm part of that includes @nealef) have published some documentation on how you can build your own runner with containers using our patches, details outlined here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/mingmay-pang2/2024/02/05/github-actions-runner-for-ibm-z-and-linuxone