> In AMODE 24, BALR sets bit 32 to 0; 

Yes, and BAL sets it to 1, for the same reason. As I stated, "for 24-bit mode, 
bits 32-33 are 01 after BALR and 10 after BAL"

> in AMODE 31 to 1.  I have used this to detect AMODE in code that had to run in
> both XA and 370 without causing a program check.

Try that with a BAL instead of a BALR and see what happens. 

--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3


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On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:54:15 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>No, that means that for 24-bit mode, bits 32-33 are 01 after BALR and 10 after 
>BAL, per p. 6-7; the ILC is not stored for 31-bit and 64-bit modes.
>
In AMODE 24, BALR sets bit 32 to 0; in AMODE 31 to 1.  I have used
this to detect AMODE in code that had to run in both XA and 370 without
causing a program check.

-- gil

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