Re: GETMAIN and LOC=(xx,64)

2013-09-07 Thread Manfred Lotz
Thanks for your (and the others) reply. What I read from the replies confirms my view that LOC=(xx,64) is generally good if I have no special stuff regarding real pages in my code. -- Thanks, Manfred -- For IBM-MAIN

GETMAIN and LOC=(xx,64)

2013-09-06 Thread Manfred Lotz
Hi there, I'm maintaining a larger program written in assembler where GETMAINs have mostly LOC=(BELOW,ANY) or LOC=(ANY,ANY). This program doesn't use anything like PGSER, EXCPVR or the like. My question: In order to give the operating system most flexibility wouldn't it be recommended to

Re: GETMAIN and LOC=(xx,64)

2013-09-06 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 9/6/2013 1:52 PM, Manfred Lotz wrote: I'm maintaining a larger program written in assembler where GETMAINs have mostly LOC=(BELOW,ANY) or LOC=(ANY,ANY). This program doesn't use anything like PGSER, EXCPVR or the like. My question: In order to give the operating system most flexibility

Re: GETMAIN and LOC=(xx,64)

2013-09-06 Thread Tony Harminc
On 6 September 2013 16:53, Gerhard Postpischil gerh...@valley.net wrote: On 9/6/2013 1:52 PM, Manfred Lotz wrote: I'm maintaining a larger program written in assembler where GETMAINs have mostly LOC=(BELOW,ANY) or LOC=(ANY,ANY). This program doesn't use anything like PGSER, EXCPVR or the

Re: GETMAIN and LOC=(xx,64)

2013-09-06 Thread Blaicher, Christopher Y.
Interesting question, with a number of answers. The second value only comes into play at PAGEFIX time, be that your program doing it explicitly, or the system doing it for you, most often as part of an I/O operation, such as a BSAM READ or WRITE, or a QSAM GET or PUT. Up until that PAGEFIX