On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:50:49 +0000, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:

>The legacy formats don't support any of the new stuff; you need GOFF and 
>program objects.

Sorry - I made two mistakes:

1. OMF is for the PC. I'm not sure what the legacy mainframe
format is called.

2. I don't care too much about object code, it is the load module
format that I care about.

I'm not sure if your comment is meant to mean that the old
load module format (not object format) also doesn't support
the new stuff, ie RMODE 64, but it (RMODE 64) is mentioned
on page 190 here:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLTBW_3.1.0/pdf/ieab200_v3r1.pdf

which is the normal (legacy) load module format.

And that's what I'm interested in.

What's missing is VD references. It's likely me that's missing
something. It seems impossible to have RMODE 64 support
in one place, and genuinely not supporting VD references.

BFN. Paul.




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>Subject: Re: Running a program RMODE64
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> n Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:19:59 +0000, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Read the GOFF documentation.
>
>Are you saying OMF doesn't support VD references?
>
>Note that I don't need long external names, so I don't
>need GOFF for that. But if VD is only supported for
>GOFF, that might be an explanation as for why I didn't
>see it in the manual.
>
>I had previously assumed it was there, but I was just
>failing to find it. There are references to the CSECT
>being RMODE 64, so some level of 64-bit has
>presumably been added to OMF.
>
>BFN. Paul.
>
>
>
>
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>>Paul Edwards <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 11:38 PM
>>To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>Subject: Re: Running a program RMODE64
>>
>>
>>External Message: Use Caution
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>>On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:26:14 -0400, Joseph Reichman <[email protected]> 
>>wrote:
>>
>>Hi Jopeph.
>>
>>I am interested in RMODE 64 on z/OS too. And have
>>some questions too.
>>
>>
>>Page 196 shows that RMODE 64 exists as a concept:
>>
>>https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/iea2b2b1.pdf
>>
>>On page 199 I can see V() references in the RLD.
>>
>>Where are VD() references documented?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> It seems you can run a program that is rmode64
>>> With synchx linkx  and attachx
>>
>>Does this mean thatoyou can't go EXEC PGM=
>>and have the program potentially go above 4 GiB?
>>
>>
>>Page 291 shows that AMODE=64 existsb but not RMODE=64
>>But perhaps if the RMODE is ANY, z/OS can further check
>>the internals of the load module and decide to locate
>>it above 4 GiB?
>>
>>
>>I don't have direct access to z/OS. Would someone be
>>able to assemble this (it may need corrections) and
>>give me the object code for ONE and TWO, plus the
>>resulting load module unloaded with IEBCOPY and
>>transferred with ftp binary with locsite rdw
>>
>>Thanks. Paul.
>>
>>
>>
>>//PDPMVS   JOB CLASS=C,REGION=0K,TIME=1440
>>//*
>>//PDPASM   PROC LIST='NOLIST'
>>//ASM      EXEC PGM=ASMA90,
>>//   PARM='DECK,&LIST,TERM'
>>//SYSLIB   DD DSN=SYS1.MACLIB,DISP=SHR,DCB=BLKSIZE=32720
>>//         DD DSN=&&amp;amp;amp;MACLIB,DISP=(OLD,PASS)
>>//         DD DSN=SYS1.MODGEN,DISP=SHR
>>//SYSUT1   DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(20,10))
>>//SYSUT2   DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(20,10))
>>//SYSUT3   DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(20,10))
>>//SYSTERM  DD SYSOUT=*
>>//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
>>//SYSLIN   DD DUMMY
>>//SYSGO    DD DUMMY
>>//SYSPUNCH DD DSN=&&amp;amp;amp;OBJSET,UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(80,(9000,9000)),
>>//            DISP=(MOD,PASS)
>>//*
>>//         PEND
>>//CREATE   EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
>>//DD13     DD DSN=&&amp;amp;amp;LOADLIB,DISP=(,PASS),
>>// DCB=(RECFM=U,LRECL=0,BLKSIZE=6144),
>>// SPACE=(CYL,(10,10,20)),UNIT=SYSALLDA
>>//DD14     DD DSN=&&amp;amp;amp;MACLIB,DISP=(,PASS),
>>// DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=6160),
>>// SPACE=(CYL,(10,10,20)),UNIT=SYSALLDA
>>//*
>>//ONE      EXEC PDPASM,LIST='LIST'
>>//SYSIN  DD  *
>>***********************************************************************
>>*                                                                     *
>>*  This program written by Paul Edwards.                              *
>>*  Released to the public domain                                      *
>>*                                                                     *
>>***********************************************************************
>>***********************************************************************
>>*                                                                     *
>>*  ONE - call TWO to set R15                                          *
>>*                                                                     *
>>***********************************************************************
>>*
>>         PRINT GEN
>>* YREGS was not part of the SYS1.MACLIB shipped with MVS 3.8j
>>* so may not be available, so do our own defines instead.
>>*         YREGS
>>R0       EQU   0
>>R1       EQU   1
>>R2       EQU   2
>>R3       EQU   3
>>R4       EQU   4
>>R5       EQU   5
>>R6       EQU   6
>>R7       EQU   7
>>R8       EQU   8
>>R9       EQU   9
>>R10      EQU   10
>>R11      EQU   11
>>R12      EQU   12
>>R13      EQU   13
>>R14      EQU   14
>>R15      EQU   15
>>SUBPOOL  EQU   0
>>         CSECT
>>*
>>         ENTRY ONE
>>ONE      DS    0H
>>         SAVE  (14,12),,ONE
>>         LR    R10,R15
>>         USING ONE,R10
>>         LR    R9,R13
>>         LA    R13,SAVEAREA
>>         LG    R15,=VD(TWO)
>>         LGR   R0,R14
>>         BALR  R14,R15
>>         LGR   R14,R0
>>         LR    R13,R9
>>*         LA    R15,0
>>         RETURN (14,12),RC=(15)
>>SAVEAREA DS    19F
>>         END
>>/*
>>//TWO    EXEC PDPASM,LIST='LIST'
>>//SYSIN  DD  *
>>***********************************************************************
>>*                                                                     *
>>*  This program written by Paul Edwards.                              *
>>*  Released to the public domain                                      *
>>*                                                                     *
>>***********************************************************************
>>***********************************************************************
>>*                                                                     *
>>*  return 5 in R15                                                    *
>>*                                                                     *
>>***********************************************************************
>>*
>>         PRINT GEN
>>* YREGS was not part of the SYS1.MACLIB shipped with MVS 3.8j
>>* so may not be available, so do our own defines instead.
>>*         YREGS
>>R0       EQU   0
>>R1       EQU   1
>>R2       EQU   2
>>R3       EQU   3
>>R4       EQU   4
>>R5       EQU   5
>>R6       EQU   6
>>R7       EQU   7
>>R8       EQU   8
>>R9       EQU   9
>>R10      EQU   10
>>R11      EQU   11
>>R12      EQU   12
>>R13      EQU   13
>>R14      EQU   14
>>R15      EQU   15
>>SUBPOOL  EQU   0
>>         CSECT
>>*
>>         ENTRY TWO
>>TWO      DS    0H
>>         LA    R15,5
>>         BR    R14
>>         END
>>/*
>>//*
>>//LKED     EXEC PGM=IEWL,PARM='MAP,LIST,AMODE=64,RMODE=ANY'
>>//SYSLIN   DD DSN=&&amp;amp;amp;OBJSET,DISP=(OLD,DELETE)
>>//*SYSLIB not needed
>>//SYSLMOD  DD DSN=&&amp;amp;amp;LOADLIB(PDPTEST),DISP=(OLD,PASS)
>>//SYSUT1   DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(2,1))
>>//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
>>//SYSABEND DD SYSOUT=*
>>//SYSIN DD *
>>/*
>>//*
>>//PDPTEST  EXEC PGM=PDPTEST,PARM='',
>>//         COND=(4,LT,LKED)
>>//STEPLIB  DD  DSN=&&amp;amp;amp;LOADLIB,DISP=(OLD,PASS)
>>//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*
>>//SYSTERM  DD  SYSOUT=*
>>//SYSABEND DD  SYSOUT=*
>>//SYSIN    DD  DUMMY
>>//*
>>//
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