On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, yes, the why is to access shared 64-bit common.
>
> It's worked well for years. A PC service to move some data and increment a
> pointer (millions of times per hour) seemed like overkill.
>
> Charles
>
>
​Just talking out of my hat, why not use one of the MVC variants? MVCDK
(MoVe Chara​cter with Destination key), MVCK (MoVe Character with Key),
MVCOS (MoVe Character with Optional Specification), or MVCSK (MoVe
Character with Source Key). These are all "semi-priviliged" and the
specified key is checked against the PKM for validity. Of course, the PoPS
states that these instructions can be significantly slower than the normal
MVC instruction.

​They also may be overkill if you're doing something like:

SPKA
L R1,KEY0FULL
A R1,SOMEDATA
ST R1,KEY0FULL
SPKA​
​



-- 
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http://xkcd.com/1770/

Maranatha! <><
John McKown

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