That seems to

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On Apr 6, 2015, at 3:48 AM, Jim Mulder <[email protected]> wrote:

>> will settting SPINRCVY to SPIN allow a CPU to sping endlesssly 
>> as leaving out the SPINTIME parameter seem to make it default to 40
> seconds
>> if not is there a way to make a CPU keep spining and have z/os take no
>> action
> 
>  If the system has uses up all of the actions  on the
> SPINRCVY statement in parmlib member EXSPATxx, it loads a 
> nonrestartable 0A1 wait state.  Unfortunately, I don't see this fact 
> stated in the EXSPATxx documentation.
> 
>  There is no way to specify endless spinning.   However, 
> 
> SPINTIME=999
> SPINRCVY=SPIN,SPIN,SPIN,SPIN,SPIN,SPIN,SPIN,SPIN
> 
> will result in 10 * 999 = 9999 seconds = 166 minutes
> of spin time before the 0A1 wait state gets loaded. 
> 
>  If you explain what you are really trying to accomplish,
> I might be able to provide a more useful answer. 
> 
> Jim Mulder   z/OS System Test   IBM Corp.  Poughkeepsie,  NY
> 
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