[GH-ISSUE #1521] How to Install s3fs in OS/390 #800

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Originally created by @prasad-1729 on GitHub (Jan 16, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/1521

Hi,

Is there a way to install s3fs in OS/390 ??
can you please suggest us?

Thanks!!

Originally created by @prasad-1729 on GitHub (Jan 16, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/issues/1521 Hi, Is there a way to install s3fs in OS/390 ?? can you please suggest us? Thanks!!
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@gaul commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2021):

Does OS/390 have a FUSE driver?

<!-- gh-comment-id:761576732 --> @gaul commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2021): Does OS/390 have a FUSE driver?
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@prasad-1729 commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2021):

Hi @gaul

No idea,
how to check it whether FUSE driver is there or not?

thanks!

<!-- gh-comment-id:761619188 --> @prasad-1729 commented on GitHub (Jan 16, 2021): Hi @gaul No idea, how to check it whether FUSE driver is there or not? thanks!
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@gaul commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2021):

Sorry I don't know anything about the IBM mainframe ecosystem. Wikipedia suggests that OS/390 is its own operating system that is discontinued and succeeded by z/OS. It seems doubtful that this has a FUSE driver but maybe you can install it in a guest Linux VM? It also appears that the underlying S/390 hardware has a Debian port if this is what you are doing.

@orozery Maybe you can help out with some of the terminology here?

<!-- gh-comment-id:761716321 --> @gaul commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2021): Sorry I don't know anything about the IBM mainframe ecosystem. Wikipedia suggests that [OS/390](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/390) is its own operating system that is discontinued and succeeded by [z/OS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z/OS). It seems doubtful that this has a FUSE driver but maybe you can install it in a guest Linux VM? It also appears that the underlying [S/390](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/390) hardware has a [Debian port](https://www.debian.org/ports/s390/) if this is what you are doing. @orozery Maybe you can help out with some of the terminology here?
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@juliogonzalez commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2021):

Fuse is available at current Debian Stable for s390x: https://packages.debian.org/buster/fuse-modules-4.19.0-13-s390x-di

And I also confirm that it's available on SLE12/SLE15 s390x.

In the end, a recent FUSE (required to build and run s3fs-fuse) should be able to build and run at any recent GNU/Linux distribution for almost every architecture, as it doesn't seem the Linux doc mentions any exception for the FUSE module (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/fuse.html)

It seems is FUSE (and compatible implementations) also for, *BSD, MacOS (mentioned on the README for s3fs-fuse) and even GNU/Hurd and Windows (in this last case seems to be proprietary and paid).

For OS/390, even without being familiar with the OS: I find hard to believe there will be any FUSE implementation, since I found news that mention that IBM stopped selling it on December 2002 and the OS got finally discontinued and unsupported in September 2004. The oldest FUSE version (https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/blob/fuse_2_9_3/ChangeLog) seems to be from late 2000/first months of 2001.

For z/OS, no idea. But if I need to bet some money, I have my doubts about any free software reimplementation of FUSE being available... and I even have my doubts that there will be something proprietary that can be bought.

<!-- gh-comment-id:761724003 --> @juliogonzalez commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2021): Fuse is available at current Debian Stable for s390x: https://packages.debian.org/buster/fuse-modules-4.19.0-13-s390x-di And I also confirm that it's available on SLE12/SLE15 s390x. In the end, a recent FUSE (required to build and run s3fs-fuse) should be able to build and run at any recent GNU/Linux distribution for almost every architecture, as it doesn't seem the Linux doc mentions any exception for the FUSE module (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/fuse.html) It seems is FUSE (and compatible implementations) also for, *BSD, MacOS (mentioned on the README for s3fs-fuse) and even GNU/Hurd and Windows (in this last case seems to be proprietary and paid). For OS/390, even without being familiar with the OS: I find hard to believe there will be any FUSE implementation, since I found news that mention that IBM stopped selling it on December 2002 and the OS got finally discontinued and unsupported in September 2004. The oldest FUSE version (https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/blob/fuse_2_9_3/ChangeLog) seems to be from late 2000/first months of 2001. For z/OS, no idea. But if I need to bet some money, I have my doubts about any free software reimplementation of FUSE being available... and I even have my doubts that there will be something proprietary that can be bought.
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@prasad-1729 commented on GitHub (Jan 19, 2021):

Thank you @juliogonzalez @gaul for your inputs..!

<!-- gh-comment-id:762755522 --> @prasad-1729 commented on GitHub (Jan 19, 2021): Thank you @juliogonzalez @gaul for your inputs..!
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