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Re: set spcp to pgm assoc space

From: Steve Richter <srichter@AutoCoder.com>
> IBM was nice enough to give us QUSPTRUS, I guess I should not complain.
> From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
> > but for the APIs you don't *need* a spcptr...
>
> I know you are kidding, but they did provide the QUSPTRUS api to get a
> spcptr to a usrspc.

I was not kidding. I don't get it. The PGAS is NOT a user space. It is not
even an MI-space.

>
> My guess is that the powers that be are concerned that the 80 byte header
of
> the PGAS will be overwritten by a careless pgmr. That is a reasonable
> concern. Another reason why a new type of pointer that includes an allowed
> address range should be introduced.
>

there is nothing special about the first 80 bytes.

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