TEST—CALL subcommand operands

address

specifies the address where processing is to begin. Register 15 contains this address when the program under test begins execution. You can specify address as:

An absolute address
A symbolic address
A relative address
An indirect address
An address expression
A module name and entry name (separated by a period)
An entry name (preceded by a period)

PARM(address)

specifies one or more addresses that point to data to be used by the program being tested. The list of addresses is expanded to fullwords and placed into contiguous storage. Register 1 contains the address of the start of the list. If PARM is omitted, register 1 points to a fullword that contains the address of a halfword of zeroes.

VL

specifies the high-order bit of the last fullword of the list of addresses pointed to by general register 1 is to be set to one.

RETURN(address)

specifies on completion of execution, the called program returns control to the address in register 14. The high-order bit of register 14 reflects the addressing mode of the tested program before the issuance of the CALL subcommand. If RETURN is omitted, register 14 contains the address of a breakpoint instruction.

RESUME

specifies upon completion of execution, the called program returns control to the address of the last breakpoint before the CALL.

AMODE [(24 | 31 | SWITCH)]

specifies the addressing mode in which the called program begins execution. If AMODE(SWITCH) is specified, the called program continues execution in the addressing mode that is non-current when CALL is issued. You can determine the current addressing mode by issuing the LISTPSW command. If AMODE is not specified, there is no change in addressing mode.

ASCMODE(AR | PRIMARY)

specifies the PSW mode in which the called program executes. If you specify ASCMODE(PRIMARY), the PSW mode is set to execute the program using the primary address space control mode (in primary mode). When ASCMODE(AR) is specified, the PSW is set to execute the program in AR mode.