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  2. DOCS-8898

SLES 11 kernel does not support s390x vx instructions

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      Documentation Changes

      • Note on installation pages that SLES 12 is recommended on s390x systems.
      • Potentially release notes note.

      Description

      On SLES 11, the VX instructions are not supported. Support for this was added in 3.18: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/80703617

      Kernel Version: Linux sles11-z-2 3.0.101-68-default

      > cat /proc/cpuinfo
vendor_id       : IBM/S390
# processors    : 4
bogomips per cpu: 20325.00
features        : esan3 zarch stfle msa ldisp eimm dfp etf3eh highgprs
processor 0: version = FF,  identification = 046A77,  machine = 2964
processor 1: version = FF,  identification = 046A77,  machine = 2964
processor 2: version = FF,  identification = 046A77,  machine = 2964
processor 3: version = FF,  identification = 046A77,  machine = 2964

            Assignee:
            andrew.aldridge@mongodb.com Andrew Aldridge
            Reporter:
            emily.hall Emily Hall
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              5 years, 47 weeks, 4 days ago