In a recent note, Ed Finnell said:

> Date:         Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:34:19 EDT
> 
> Been so long, don't remember only that it wasn't fullword aligned as we got
> it. CNOP 0,4 made everything happy. As has been pointed out, relinking might
> have been all it needed. Also had more fun on the OEM dasd in that XA wouldn't
>  IPL off of it.
> 
Why would fullword alignment matter?  AFAIK, it's OK to BALR 14,15 to
an odd halfword, and to BR 14 back.  Does something expect the entry
point or the saved R15 to contain zeroes in the lowest two bits?
Specification exception on 360?

-- gil
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