Peter Relson wrote:
>The code is checking 7 bytes at location x'6B' through x'71'.
>As of z/OS 2.5 that area is all zeroes.

>Prior to z/OS 2.5 for any z/Architecture IPL it is not. The same is
>true for location 0 and others.

>Since none of them are programming interfaces (such that changing the
>value is not something we would feel a need to disclose), I doubt that
>anyone at IBM would try to list them for you. But if you have access
>to both a release before 2.5 and a release 2.5 or later, you could
>probably figure it out with not much difficulty.

>Someone asked about "IPL PSW". These 7 bytes have nothing to do with
>any IPL PSW. And the PSW's used for IPL are not preserved in low
>storage for later viewing.

That was me, Peter. And I know you grok this far better than I do, so I'm not 
arguing, just trying to understand. I see this in the PofOp:
--------
Assigned Storage Locations in the z/Architecture Architectural Mode

0-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Absolute Address

IPL PSW: The first eight bytes read during a CCW-type initial-program-loading 
(IPL) initial read operation are stored at locations 0-7.
--------

That's what I was talking about re the IPL PSW.

Thanks,
...phsiii

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