These areas are reserved. I had an experience with Syncsort who had problems with it. They wrote a fix as far as I can remember. Gunter Hochreiter
m From: "John P. Baker" <jbaker...@comporium.net> To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Date: 12/09/2010 01:36 PM Subject: Re: z/OS IARV64 Sent by: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> Walt, There seems to be some belief here that 2G thru 4G-1 is unavailable for some reason other than that specifically addressed by the undocumented USE2GTO32G={NO|YES} operand. I do not believe that to be case. Am I correct? John P. Baker -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU ] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 1:24 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS IARV64 As far as I know, yes. New functions in z/OS R12 required reserving some space for system functions, and the VSM designers chose that previously unreserved 256GB chunk of storage addresses for that purpose. -- Walt Farrell IBM STSM, z/OS Security Design ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you