If adding by EPNAME then it must be in LPA. If adding by EP it can be anywhere that meets your invokers needs.
Having said that, it is worse to have it in ECSA instead of dynamic LPA because ECSA provides no capability for SLIP traps or other diagnostics (including IPCS WHERE) by module name. Regardless, one might always caution that what appears to "work" might mean that you have not tested all possible situations where "working" might be important. I can't think of anything that would apply to this specific case, but that is the risk you always take when you intentionally (or unintentionally for that matter) violate documented requirements. For what it's worth, if the SVC number you want to use is "known" and if it happens to have the right attributes for you (such as SVC type, locks on entry) then you can use dynamic LPA with the SVCNUMDEC function (in the programming interface, a field within DSECT LPMEAX of macro CSVLPRET) if using z/OS 1.12 or later. Peter Relson [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
