<snip> Or you just could do an STFLE and check the facility bits... </snip>
Or your could use the facility bit area that z/OS set up for you. That's easier. That is mapped by IHAFACL and the area is pointed to by ECVTFACL (this has existed since z/OS 2.1). A subset of those bits are also mapped within the facilities list area of FLCFACL/FLCFACLE in IHAPSA or FlceFacilitiesList / FlceFacilitiesList1 in IHAPSAE (the IHAFACL DSECT can be used there too, at least for the first 256 facility bits which covers all that currently exist but eventually there could be more). IHAFACL does not map every bit, because some have seemed unnecessary to know about. If there's something missing that you feel appropriate to code to, feel free to let us know. The only difference between "your" STFLE and "our" STFLE is that the z/OS one is done only once, at IPL. If some facility arrived after IPL, you could find it with "your" STFLE That is far from a frequent occurrence. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
