> :>> :>> I don't see any obvious Millicode support for the AR address, so I > :>query > :>> :>- > :>> :>> when a PC defined with an ARR is executed, does it cause an > :>interrupt > :>> :>which > :>> :>> then issues IEAARR under the covers? That a FRR would be faster? > > :>> :> ARR is a software concept, not machine architecture. Nothing > :>special > :>> :>happens with regard to an ARR when the PC instruction is executed. > > :>> :> RTM2 processing examines the linkage stack to look for ARRs. > > :>> Maybe I am looking in the wrong manual, but the POPs does not show me > :>where > :>> this ARR pointer is saved in either the Entry Table or Linkage Stack
> :>entry. > > :> z/OS uses the Entry Parameter in the Entry-Table Entry to point to an > :>area of ESQA storage which contains the user parms and the ARR > :>information. > > Would that mean that the latent parameter area is longer, and that I just use > the first two words? I still get the same R4, correct? That is correct. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html