No such thing as a negative displacement. A displacement is more like an unsigned immediate operand. From 0..4095 (0x000 to 0xFFF for a 12 bit displacement) or 0..1048575 (0x00000 to 0xFFFFF for a 20 bit long displacement).
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan Ott > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 2:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: anti 4095 base guys > > i guess you guys would never set the base to he last byte of > the program or > dsect; having all negative displacements. > >
