On Mon, 7 May 2018 13:18:51 -0500, Tom Marchant <[email protected]> 
wrote:

>>The IARV64 instruction probably will find
>>memory. But it will be a 64-bit address
>>requiring me to manipulate and save
>>64-bit registers.

> You chose to ignore Jim Mulder's reply.

Replied now.

>>How do you distinguish between applications
>>that only use the S/370 32-bit registers and
>>applications that use the z/Arch 64-bit
>>registers, 
>
>Are you suggesting that a 24-bit application, one that runs AMODE(24), 
>only uses 24-bit registers? You are not making any sense.

No, what you are calling a 24-bit application is
actually a 32-bit application that runs on a
reduced addressing mode of 24.

>>64-bit
>>applications have no chance of running on
>>MVS 3.8j on S/370 hardware.
>
>Nor do 31-bit applications.

Yes they do if they are bimodal (ANY/ANY).
All I am doing is upping the stakes to trimodal.

>>strip
>>the high bit with an N to x'7FFFFFFF'

> LLGT/LLGTR

I want my programs to run on S/370 hardware
too, so the "N" is required.

BFN. Paul.

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