On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:45:32 -0400 Thomas David Rivers <[email protected]> wrote:
:>And - speaking of AMODE, it seems that IDENTIFY is supported :>in AMODE 64. But, I looked at the expansion of the macro and :>it seemed to only deal in 32-bit registers. This would seem :>to mean that while you can issue IDENTIFY in AMODE 63, the :>given entry-point address must be below-the-bar, and the :>pointer to the name (for the EPLOC= parm) must also be :>below-the-bar. Seems like the doc could/should be updated :>to indicate that (I also did have SYSSTATE AMODE=64 specified.) :>I only looked at the expanded macro, I didn't actually look :>at the macro source, so maybe I'm using it wrong. That is how almost all PCs and SVCs supported 64bit from the get-go, as long as all addresses passed were 31 bit. The hardware and SVCFLIH take care of saving the 64 bit status and the actual routine only sees 31bit stuff. Branch entry, on the other hand ..... -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
