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#### BGCOM

Prolog

Control Block Contents
BGCOM DSECT

Storage Layout

Cross Reference (Contains links to field and bit definitions)

#### BGCOM Prolog

     Name       : BGCOM
     Description: VSE Partition Communication Region
     DSECT      : BGCOM
     Function   : BGCOM simulates the DOS/VS Partition
                  Communication Region (BGCOM). The ABGCOM field
                  in NUCON points to the BGCOM block. BGCOM is
                  called by the BGCOM macro.

#### BGCOM Control Block Content

#### BGCOM DSECT

    Hex   Dec Type/Val   Lng Label (dup)    Comments
    ---- ---- --------- ---- -------------- --------
    0000    0 Structure      BGCOM          VSE Partition Communication Region
    0000    0 Character    8 JOBDATE        . 00 JOB DATE
    0008    8 Character    1 *              . 08
    0009    9 Character    2 SYSCENT        . 09 CENTURY ('19', '20' etc.)
    000B   11 Bitstring    1 *              11 RESERVED
    000C   12 Bitstring    1 COMUSCR (11)   . 12 USER SCRATCH AREA
    0017   23 Bitstring    1 UPSI           . 23 UPSI BYTE
    0018   24 Character    8 COMNAME        . 24 JOB NAME
    0020   32 Address      4 PPEND          . 32 HIGHEST STORAGE ADDRESS OF
                                            PARTITION
    0024   36 Address      4 HIPHAS         . 36 END ADDRESS OF LAST PHASE
                                            LOADED
    0028   40 Address      4 HIPROG         . 40 END ADDRESS OF LONGEST PHASE
                                            LOADED
    002C   44 Signed       2 LABLEN         . 44 LENGTH OF PROBLEM PROGRAM
                                            LABEL AREA
    002E   46 Bitstring    2 PIK            . 46 PROGRAM INTERRUPT KEY
    0030   48 Address      4 EOCADR         . 48 END OF VIRTUAL STORAGE
                                            ADDRESS
    0034   52 Bitstring    1 CONFIG         . 52 MACHINE CONFIGURATION BYTE
    0035   53 Bitstring    1 LTACT          . 53 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION BYTE
    0036   54 Bitstring    1 SOB1           . 54 STANDARD LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR
                                            OPTIONS
    0037   55 Bitstring    1 SOB2           . 55 STANDARD SUPERVISOR OPTIONS
    0038   56 Bitstring    1 JCSW1          . 56 JOB CONTROL BYTE
    0039   57 Bitstring    1 JCSW2          . 57 LINKAGE CONTROL BYTE
    003A   58 Bitstring    1 JCSW3          . 58 NON-STD LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR
                                            OPTIONS
    003B   59 Bitstring    1 JCSW4          . 59 JOB DURATION INDICATOR BYTE
    003C   60 Signed       2 *              . 60 RESERVED
    003E   62 Address      2 FOCLPT         . 62 ADDRESS OF FOCL
    0040   64 Address      2 PUBPT          . 64 ADDRESS OF PUB
    0042   66 Address      2 FAVPT          . 66 ADDRESS OF FAVP
    0044   68 Address      2 JIBPT          . 68 ADDRESS OF JIB
    0046   70 Address      2 *              . 70 RESERVED
    0048   72 Address      2 FICLPT         . 72 ADDRESS OF FICL
    004A   74 Address      2 NICLPT         . 74 ADDRESS OF NICL
    004C   76 Address      2 LUBPT          . 76 ADDRESS OF LUB
    004E   78 Address      1 SYSLINE        . 78 SYSLST LINE COUNT
    004F   79 Character    9 SYSDATE (0)    . 79 SYSTEM DATE
    004F   79 Bitstring    4 MMDD           MMDD OR DDMM
    0053   83 Bitstring    5 YYDDD          YYDDD PORTION OF DATE
    0058   88 Bitstring    1 LIOCSCOM (2)   88 LIOCS COMMUNICATION BYTES
    005A   90 Address      2 PIBPT          . 90 ADDRESS OF PIB
    005C   92 Signed       2 CHKPTID        . 92 LAST CHECKPOINT NUMBER
    005E   94 Address      2 JOBZON         . 94 JOB ZONE IN MINUTES
    0060   96 Address      2 DIBPT          96 BACKGROUND DIB POINTER
    0062   98 Bitstring    1 DEVFLG1        98 DEV FLAGS FOR AUTOCLOSE
    0063   99 Bitstring    1 OPNBYT2        99 RESERVED
    0064  100 Bitstring    5 IJBHCFAD       100 JOB STMT ON HC FILE
    0069  105 Bitstring    1 *              105 RESERVED
    006A  106 Bitstring    2 PWTIMS         . 106 KEY OF PROGRAM WITH IT
                                            SUPPO
    006C  108 Signed       2 *              . 108 RESERVED
    006E  110 Address      2 LTK            . 110 LOGICAL TRANSIENT KEY
    0070  112 Signed       4 SYSPAR         . 112 ADDRESS OF SYSPARM
    0074  116 Signed       4 JAPART         . 116 ADDRESS OF JOB ACCOUNTING
                                            TABLE
    0078  120 Address      4 TODCOM         . 120 ADDR OF TOD COMMUNICATIONS
                                            AREA
    007C  124 Address      2 PIB2PTR        . 124 ADDRESS OF PIB EXTENSION
    007E  126 Address      2 PDTABB         . 126 ADDR OF MICR DTF TABLE
    0080  128 Signed       4 LABELPTR       . 128 ADDR OF LABEL SPACE
    0084  132 Address      2 BGCOMPT        . 132 ADDRESS OF BACKGROUND
                                            COMREG
    0086  134 Bitstring    1 OPTNBYTE       . 134 OPTION INDICATOR BYTE
    0087  135 Bitstring    1 RMSROPEN       . 135 SYSTEM CONFIG BYTE 2
    0088  136 Address      4 *              . 136 RESERVED
    008C  140 Bitstring    1 STDOPT         . 140 STANDARD JOB CONTROL OPTION
                                            BYTE
    008D  141 Bitstring    1 TEMOPT         . 141 TMPORARY JOB CONTROL OPTION
                                            BYTE
    008E  142 Bitstring    1 DISKCONF       . 142 DISK CONFIGURATION BYTE
    008F  143 Character    8 PROCNAM        . 143 PROCEDURE NAME
    0097  151 Bitstring    1 PSWTCH         . 151 INTERFACE BYTE FOR CATAL.
                                            PROC.
    0098  152 Character    7 POVNAM         . 152 SAVE AREA FOR STATEMENT
                                            NAME
    009F  159 Bitstring    1 INSIZE         . 159 81 BYTE SYSIN INDICATOR
    00A0  160 Signed       4 POWPCB         160 ADDR OF PART CTL BLK
    00A4  164 Bitstring    1 POWFLG1        164 POWER/VS FLAG BYTE 1
    00A5  165 Bitstring    1 POWFLG2        165 POWER/VS FLAG BYTE 2
    00A6  166 Signed       2 *              166 RESERVED
    00A8  168 Signed       4 LUBEXT         168 ADDR OF LUB TAB EXT
    00AC  172 Bitstring    1 JCSW5          172 JOB CTL SWITCH 5
    00AD  173 Bitstring    1 JCSW6          173 JOB CTL SWITCH 6
    00AE  174 Bitstring    1 STDOPT2        174 STD OPTIONS 2
    00AF  175 Bitstring    1 TEMOPT2        175 TEMP OPTIONS 2
    00B0  176 Signed       4 IJBJPL         176 ADDR OF JPL OF PARTITION
    00B4  180 Signed       4 IJBAFCB        180 SLOT FOR CICS
    00B8  184 Signed       4 IJBPHLST       184 ADDR FETCH/LOAD TRACE TABLE
    00BC  188 Bitstring    8 IJBJOBLG       188 ADDR OF LAST HC JOBSTMNT
              000000C4       COMREND        * PLIST FOR DMSSTQ QUERY STORAGE
                                            FUNCTION
    00C8  200 Dbl-Word     8 * (0)
    00C8  200 Address      4 BGCSTQAD       196 ADDRESS TO BE QUERIED
    00CC  204 Signed       4 BGCSTQLN       200 LENGTH OF STORAGE
    00D0  208 Dbl-Word     8 BGCSTQNM       204 SUB_POOL NAME
    00D8  216 Character    8 BGCSTQPT       212 DOS PARTITION SUB_POOL NAME
    00E0  224 Character    8 BGCSTQVS       220 GETVIS AREA SUB_POOL NAME

#### BGCOM Storage Layout

    *** BGCOM - VSE Partition Communication Region
    *
    *     +-------------------------------------------------------+
    *   0 |                       JOBDATE                         |
    *     +------+-------------+------+---------------------------+
    *   8 |//////|  SYSCENT    |//////|         COMUSCR           |
    *     +------+-------------+------+                    +------+
    *  10 |                                                |UPSI  |
    *     +------------------------------------------------+------+
    *  18 |                       COMNAME                         |
    *     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
    *  20 |          PPEND            |          HIPHAS           |
    *     +---------------------------+-------------+-------------+
    *  28 |          HIPROG           |   LABLEN    |    PIK      |
    *     +---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
    *  30 |          EOCADR           |CONFIG|LTACT |SOB1  |SOB2  |
    *     +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
    *  38 |JCSW1 |JCSW2 |JCSW3 |JCSW4 |/////////////|   FOCLPT    |
    *     +------+------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
    *  40 |   PUBPT     |   FAVPT     |   JIBPT     |/////////////|
    *     +-------------+-------------+-------------+------+------+
    *  48 |   FICLPT    |   NICLPT    |   LUBPT     |:LINE |(04F)-|
    *     +-------------+------+------+-------------+------+------+
    *  50 |       -MMDD        |              YYDDD               |
    *     +-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
    *  58 |  LIOCSCOM   |   PIBPT     |  CHKPTID    |   JOBZON    |
    *     +-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
    *  60 |   DIBPT     |:FLG1 |:BYT2 |        IJBHCFAD-          |
    *     +------+------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
    *  68 |-(064)|//////|   PWTIMS    |/////////////|    LTK      |
    *     +------+------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
    *  70 |          SYSPAR           |          JAPART           |
    *     +---------------------------+-------------+-------------+
    *  78 |          TODCOM           |  PIB2PTR    |   PDTABB    |
    *     +---------------------------+-------------+------+------+
    *  80 |         LABELPTR          |  BGCOMPT    |:NBYTE|:ROPEN|
    *     +---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
    *  88 |///////////////////////////|STDOPT|TEMOPT|:KCONF|(08F)-|
    *     +---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
    *  90 |                   -PROCNAM                     |PSWTCH|
    *     +------------------------------------------------+------+
    *  98 |                    POVNAM                      |INSIZE|
    *     +---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
    *  A0 |          POWPCB           |:FLG1 |:FLG2 |/////////////|
    *     +---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
    *  A8 |          LUBEXT           |JCSW5 |JCSW6 |:OPT2 |:OPT2 |
    *     +---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
    *  B0 |          IJBJPL           |         IJBAFCB           |
    *     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
    *  B8 |         IJBPHLST          |        IJBJOBLG-          |
    *     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
    *  C0 |          -(0BC)           |///////////////////////////|
    *     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
    *  C8 |         BGCSTQAD          |         BGCSTQLN          |
    *     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
    *  D0 |                       BGCSTQNM                        |
    *     +-------------------------------------------------------+
    *  D8 |                       BGCSTQPT                        |
    *     +-------------------------------------------------------+
    *  E0 |                       BGCSTQVS                        |
    *     +-------------------------------------------------------+
    *  E8
    *
    *** BGCOM - VSE Partition Communication Region

#### BGCOM Cross Reference

    Symbol         Dspl Value
    -------------- ---- -----
    BGCOMPT        0084
    BGCSTQAD       00C8
    BGCSTQLN       00CC
    BGCSTQNM       00D0
    BGCSTQPT       00D8
    BGCSTQVS       00E0
    CHKPTID        005C
    COMNAME        0018
    COMREND        00BC 000000C4
    COMUSCR        000C
    CONFIG         0034
    DEVFLG1        0062
    DIBPT          0060
    DISKCONF       008E
    EOCADR         0030
    FAVPT          0042
    FICLPT         0048
    FOCLPT         003E
    HIPHAS         0024
    HIPROG         0028
    IJBAFCB        00B4
    IJBHCFAD       0064
    IJBJOBLG       00BC
    IJBJPL         00B0
    IJBPHLST       00B8
    INSIZE         009F
    JAPART         0074
    JCSW1          0038
    JCSW2          0039
    JCSW3          003A
    JCSW4          003B
    JCSW5          00AC
    JCSW6          00AD
    JIBPT          0044
    JOBDATE        0000
    JOBZON         005E
    LABELPTR       0080
    LABLEN         002C
    LIOCSCOM       0058
    LTACT          0035
    LTK            006E
    LUBEXT         00A8
    LUBPT          004C
    MMDD           004F
    NICLPT         004A
    OPNBYT2        0063
    OPTNBYTE       0086
    PDTABB         007E
    PIBPT          005A
    PIB2PTR        007C
    PIK            002E
    POVNAM         0098
    POWFLG1        00A4
    POWFLG2        00A5
    POWPCB         00A0
    PPEND          0020
    PROCNAM        008F
    PSWTCH         0097
    PUBPT          0040
    PWTIMS         006A
    RMSROPEN       0087
    SOB1           0036
    SOB2           0037
    STDOPT         008C
    STDOPT2        00AE
    SYSCENT        0009
    SYSDATE        004F
    SYSLINE        004E
    SYSPAR         0070
    TEMOPT         008D
    TEMOPT2        00AF
    TODCOM         0078
    UPSI           0017
    YYDDD          0053

This information is based on z/VM V6R1.0.
Last updated on 23 Oct 2009 at 10:59:53 EDT.
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