On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 14:29:04 -0700 Alan Altmark <[email protected]>
wrote:

:>I'm not aware of ever having semi-privileged instructions.  An instruction
:>is either available or not (availability may be under supervisor control).
:> If available, it is either supervisor or problem state.  (And I am
:>admonished with sharp sticks wielded by the Defenders of the Architecture
:>whenever I raise the idea of altering that model.)

The semi-privleged instructions allow pretty much any operands when in
supervisor state and selected operands in the problem state (based on CR
values).

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