> Perhaps the question should be: How do I get my program to run in PSW > key 9? Other than the normal, privileged, SKPA instruction. Is the > appropriate bit in CR3 (PKM portion) set to allow SPKA to set to key 9 > by a problem state program? Doesn't appear to be. And I don't see a way > to set the PKM in a normal, problem state, APF program. I thought > MODESET might, but it doesn't. I guess that CICS does it via their magic > SVC.
What were you looking at to determine that "Doesn't appear to be"? In most cases, when a task is attached, the PKM in CR3 has the bits set to allow a problem-state program to do an SPKA to the task's key (the key in TCBPKF), and key 9. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

