On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:50:16 -0600 Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>I'm updating my Assembler interfaces course and noticed :>a little discrepancy about terminology that I would like :>to nail down defintively. :>The doc I'm referencing is MVS Programming: Assembler :>Services Guide for z/OS 1.8. :>Page 4-16 includes these fragments: :>1. "The link pack area contains all reenterable load modules :> from the LPA library, along with installation selected :> modules. These load modules can be used by any job step :> in any job." :>2. "With the exception of those load modules contained in this :> area, copies of all of the reenterable load modules you :> request are brought into your area of virtual storage and :> are available to any task in your job step. The portion of :> your area containing the copies of the load modules is :> called the job pack area. Any program loaded by a particular :> task is also represented within that tasks load list." :>So I'm comfortable with having the JPA as an area in my :>address space for holding dynamically called reenterable :>programs. It's the last sentence that I find less than :>enlightening: suppose I dynamically load a non-reenterable :>module? Where is that loaded? It can't be the JPA by the :>above definition. I seem to recall a term like "Load List :>Area" or "Link List Area" but I cannot find these anymore. #2 is wrong. The Job Pack contains all non-LPA modules loaded by the owning jobstep task (each jobstep task has its own job pack). :>Finally, I gather the load list contains a list of all :>programs dynamically loaded, whether they are reenterable :>or not. But I am finding old notes that says the load list :>is only for non-reenterable programs, but no pointer to :>the docs for that. For all. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
