Accelerator Manual (G06.27+, H06.04+, J06.03+)

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Accelerator Manual
Glossary Index Figures Tables
What’s New in This Manual v
Manual Information v
New and Changed Information vi
About This Manual vii
Preface vii
Audience vii
How to Use This Manual vii
Organization viii
Additional Information ix
System Dependencies xi
Notation Conventions xi
Abbreviations xvi
1. Introduction
How the Accelerator Works 1-1
When to Use the Accelerator 1-3
Accelerator Resource Requirements 1-4
Cross-Platform Acceleration 1-5
2. Preparing Your Program for TNS/R Systems
General Considerations 2-1
Results After an Overflow 2-1
Checking Segment Limits 2-2
Extended Segment Size 2-3
Supported Operating System Release 2-4
Variances in TNS and Accelerated Code 2-4
Trap Handlers That Use the Register Stack 2-4
Trap Handlers That Use the Program Counter 2-5
Reserved Instructions 2-6
Passing the Addresses of P-Relative Objects 2-6
Nonprivileged References to System Global Data 2-7
Segment Wrapping 2-8