Re: Where do I find Instruction/Function Defs

2008-05-12 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:49:02 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: Tom Marchant wrote: Yuck! ITYM TMFLCEFACILITIESLISTBYTE2,FLCEEXTENDEDIMMEDIATE Personally, I prefer to use the mixed case symbols from the PL/X expansions: TMFlceFacilitiesListByte2,FlceExtendedImmediate Agreed.

Where do I find Instruction/Function Defs

2008-05-09 Thread Thompson, Steve
I have been searching IBM-Main, and the current PoOP, as well as a few Migration manuals. Where does IBM state that this or that feature/function is the minimum requirement for a given release of z/OS? I am trying to take advantage of some new instructions, but I have to make sure that they

Re: Where do I find Instruction/Function Defs

2008-05-09 Thread Edward Jaffe
Thompson, Steve wrote: I have been searching IBM-Main, and the current PoOP, as well as a few Migration manuals. Where does IBM state that this or that feature/function is the minimum requirement for a given release of z/OS? I am trying to take advantage of some new instructions, but I have to

Re: Where do I find Instruction/Function Defs

2008-05-09 Thread Steve Comstock
Edward Jaffe wrote: Thompson, Steve wrote: I have been searching IBM-Main, and the current PoOP, as well as a few Migration manuals. Where does IBM state that this or that feature/function is the minimum requirement for a given release of z/OS? I am trying to take advantage of some new

Re: Where do I find Instruction/Function Defs

2008-05-09 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where do I find Instruction/Function Defs Edward Jaffe wrote: Thompson, Steve wrote: I have been

Re: Where do I find Instruction/Function Defs

2008-05-09 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:55:05 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: You could use the TM instruction to see if the hardware has the feature. For example: tm 202,x'02' jo extend_imm_here Yuck! ITYM TMFLCEFACILITIESLISTBYTE2,FLCEEXTENDEDIMMEDIATE X'02' is FLCEETF3, signifying

Re: Where do I find Instruction/Function Defs

2008-05-09 Thread Steve Comstock
Tom Marchant wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:55:05 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: You could use the TM instruction to see if the hardware has the feature. For example: tm 202,x'02' jo extend_imm_here Yuck! Well, eye of the beholder. ITYM TM

Re: Where do I find Instruction/Function Defs

2008-05-09 Thread Edward Jaffe
Tom Marchant wrote: Yuck! ITYM TMFLCEFACILITIESLISTBYTE2,FLCEEXTENDEDIMMEDIATE Personally, I prefer to use the mixed case symbols from the PL/X expansions: TMFlceFacilitiesListByte2,FlceExtendedImmediate IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE ANY MAINFRAME ASSEMBLER REQUIRED