On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:26 -0700 Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>Pedro Vera wrote: :>> I played with something similar many years ago. IIRC, I used ESAR, SSAR :>> and MVCP instructions to pull information from other address spaces. You :>> start out with addresses that are in common, such as ASCB, then work your :>> way down pointer chains. It is mainly useful for system control blocks. :>SSAR will abend with a reusable ASID. So you go to the ASTE and do an SSAIR. No special logic required on current processors (on older processor one must check for the feature) because SSAIR will work just fine even if the facility is not enabled. -- 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
