The statement of direction is clear. That stated direction is to remove the transactional execution facility. I think that no information is yet available about "when" or whether it might be done in stages.
Paul G wrote >Transactional execution : software :: speculative execution : firmware. I'm not sure what that means. The transactional execution facility we are talking about is a machine facility. Exploitation of that facility is under direct control of the software. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN