>I am fairly sure 
> that there are only few differences between a zIIP and a CP 
> millicode load. I don't know, one way or the other, if a zIIP can 
> field I/O interrupts or do I/O type instructions. 

  zIIPs can and do use I/O instructions.  z/OS chooses to
enable zIIPs to field I/O interrupts for QDIO devices, but
not for other devices.

Jim Mulder   z/OS System Test   IBM Corp.  Poughkeepsie,  NY

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