IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 06/28/2005 05:52:46 PM:
> Jim Mulder wrote: > > > If this is just a matter of curiosity, surely > >you old time hackers can do more than speculate. For example, > >look in the MVS Diagnosis Reference to find the module name called > >by the IDENTIFY SVC. Find some microfiche older than SP4.3.0., and > >read the module prolog. > > > > As always, I must caution you as to the risks of actually using > >undocumented interfaces. > > > > > > So, when IBM "removed" the function from MVS, they created a "secret > handshake" (available to privileged code only) to allow the loader > itself to continue using the interface? Cute! The undocumented loader interface has been there at least as long as I have been here (almost 26 years). I can't speak for what may have been "removed" before that. And I don't think the interface requires you to be privileged (based on a quick look at the code). HEWLOADR (alias of IEWBLINK) is AC=0. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
