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When a z/VM guest issues the STFLE command, z/VM intercepts it and 
returns the lowest-common-denominator value for all processors available 
for LGR.
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I think this implies that any user of LGR must have "pre-set" the 
definition of "processors available for LGR" before IPLing an image (such 
as z/OS).  If that's the expectation and the reality, then I agree.  I was 
thinking of some change "after IPL", but perhaps that is what cannot 
happen.

For example, if you have a z14 but have defined a rule such as "I might 
want to use LGR down to a z13" and that rule gets applied to an IPLing 
z/OS, then only the z13 facilities would show up.  Can there be such a 
(hypothetical) definition set up for each individual guest, as opposed to 
there being one definition for all guests (the latter seeming far too 
restrictive)?

Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design

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