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    AMODE and RMODE are compiler options that determine how a program uses memory. AMODE specifies the addressing mode (24-bit or 31-bit) and RMODE indicates where in virtual storage the program can reside (below or above 16MB). The combination of AMODE and RMODE attributes determine the program's residence and addressing characteristics.

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    AMODE and RMODE are compiler options that determine how a program uses memory. AMODE specifies the addressing mode (24-bit or 31-bit) and RMODE indicates where in virtual storage the program can reside (below or above 16MB). The combination of AMODE and RMODE attributes determine the program's residence and addressing characteristics.

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    AMODE and RMODE are compiler options that determine how a program uses memory. AMODE specifies the addressing mode (24-bit or 31-bit) and RMODE indicates where in virtual storage the program can reside (below or above 16MB). The combination of AMODE and RMODE attributes determine the program's residence and addressing characteristics.

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    AMODE and RMODE are compiler options that determine how a program uses memory. AMODE specifies the addressing mode (24-bit or 31-bit) and RMODE indicates where in virtual storage the program can reside (below or above 16MB). The combination of AMODE and RMODE attributes determine the program's residence and addressing characteristics.

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    AMODE & RMODE

    sxdasgu

    2010
    Introduction

    AMODE and RMODE are compiler options.

    AMODE refers to the Addressing Mode i.e. and RMODE refers to the Residency
    Mode.

    Every program that executes in MVS is assigned two attributes: an addressing


    mode (AMODE), and a residency mode (RMODE).

    AMODE specifies the addressing mode in which your program is designed to


    receive control. Generally, your program is designed to execute in that mode,
    although you can switch modes in the program, and have different AMODE
    attributes for different entry points within a load module.

    RMODE attribute indicates where in virtual storage your program can reside. Valid
    AMODE and RMODE specifications are:

    AMODE(24) Specifies 24-bit addressing mode.

    AMODE(31) Specifies 31-bit addressing mode.

    AMODE(ANY) Specifies either 24- or 31-bit addressing mode.

    RMODE(24) Indicates that the module must reside in virtual storage below 16MB.
    You can specify RMODE(24) for 31-bit programs that have 24-bit
    dependencies.

    RMODE(ANY) Indicates that the module can reside anywhere in virtual storage.

    Significance of 16MB:
    AMODE = 24 is nothing but 24 '1' in binary format. That is the maximum value
    that can be stored in a 24-bit (3 byte) area.

    With AMODE = 31, the maximum address value will be 2 GB (31 '1' in binary
    format).

    COBOL programs when compiled get translated into assembler first and then the
    assembler program is compiled to generate the load. Assembler uses something
    called registers to access memory locations. Each register is 4 bytes long (32-bits).
    In AMODE=24, only the first 3 bytes of the register are used for addressing. In
    AMODE=31, all 4 bytes except the leftmost is used for addressing.

    The extreme left byte stores:


    0 - 24 bit addressing
    1 - 31 bit addressing
    Now this is conventional 32-bit machines. In 64-bit machines, the size of the
    register is 8 bytes. But so far, 64-bit OS still allows the programs to be loaded with
    AMODE=31.

    Combination of AMODE and RMODE is given in the following table:

    AMODE RMODE Residence Addressing

    24 24 Below 16MB 24-bit mode

    31 24 Below 16MB 31-bit mode

    ANY 24 Below 16MB 31-bit mode

    31 ANY Above 16MB 31-bit mode

    Source: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v3r1/index.jsp?
    topic=/com.ibm.cics.ts31.doc/dfhp3/dfhp3om.htm

    http://ibmmainframes.com/about10564.html

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