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| Prolog Control Block Contents PATH DSECT Storage Layout Cross Reference (Contains links to field and bit definitions) |
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PATH Prolog | Top of page

     NAME       : DMSPATH
     DESCRIPTION: PATH TABLE MAPPING
     DSECT      : PATH
     FUNCTION   : THE PATH TABLE IS A LINKED LIST OF
                  PATH ENTRIES USED BY THE CMS CONSOLE FACILITY.
                  A NEW ENTRY IS CREATED WHEN A PATH IS BEING
                  OPENED, AND DELETED WHEN AN APPLICATION ISSUES
                  A CONSOLE CLOSE.

PATH Control Block Content | Top of page

     PATH DSECT
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    Hex   Dec Type/Val   Lng Label (dup)    Comments
    ---- ---- --------- ---- -------------- --------
    0000    0 Structure      PATH           PATH TABLE MAPPING
    0000    0 Address      4 PATHNEXT       ADDR OF NEXT PATH ENTRY
    0004    4 Address      4 PATHDEVP       PTR TO ASSOCIATED DEVICE ENTRY
    0008    8 Signed       4 PATHCQY (0)    SECTION TO BE MOVED TO USER'S
                                            BUFFER
    0008    8 Address      4 PATHEXIT       USER EXIT ADDRESS
    000C   12 Signed       4 PATHUWRD       USERWORD
    0010   16 Bitstring    1 PATHFLG        PATH FLAG
              1... ....      PATHLIO        X'80' PATHLIO PATH DID LAST I/O
                                            TO ASSOC. DEVICE
              .1.. ....      PATHQRY        X'40' PATHQRY INDICATE REQUERY
                                            DEVICE INFO.
              ..1. ....      PATHA31        X'20' PATHA31 EXIT USES AMODE 31
              ...1 ....      PATHNRST       X'10' PATHNRST DO NOT RESET
                                            DEDICATED DEVICES
    0011   17 Bitstring    3 *              RESERVED
    0014   20 Signed       4 *              RESERVED
    0018   24 Bitstring   12 PATHSCSW (0)   CSW INFORMATION
    0018   24 Bitstring    1 PATHSLCC       LOGOUT PENDING/CONDITION CODES
              1111 1...      PATHKSL        X'F8' PATHKSL KEY/SUSPEND/LOG
                                            (ALL 5 BITS)
              .... .1..      PATHLOG        X'04' PATHLOG LOGOUT PENDING
              .... ..11      PATHCC         X'03' PATHCC DEFERRED CONDITION
                                            CODE
    0019   25 Bitstring    3 PATHCTL        ORB AND SUBCHANNEL CONTROL BITS
    001C   28 Address      4 PATHCCW        LAST CCW EXECUTED
    0020   32 Bitstring    1 PATHUST        UNIT STATUS BYTE
              1... ....      PATHATTN       X'80' PATHATTN ATTENTION
              .1.. ....      PATHSTMD       X'40' PATHSTMD STATUS MODIFIER
              ..1. ....      PATHCUE        X'20' PATHCUE CONTROL UNIT END
              ...1 ....      PATHBUSY       X'10' PATHBUSY BUSY
              .... 1...      PATHCHEN       X'08' PATHCHEN CHANNEL END
              .... .1..      PATHDVEN       X'04' PATHDVEN DEVICE END
              .... ..1.      PATHUNCK       X'02' PATHUNCK UNIT CHECK
              .... ...1      PATHUNEX       X'01' PATHUNEX UNIT EXCEPTION
    0021   33 Bitstring    1 PATHCST        CHANNEL STATUS BYTE
    0022   34 Signed       2 PATHRCT        RESIDUAL COUNT
    0024   36 Signed       4 PATHSCT        SENSE COUNT
    0028   40 Bitstring   32 PATHSEN        SENSE DATA
    0048   72 Character   16 PATHNAME       PATH NAME
              00000058       PATHSIZE       *-PATH LENGTH OF PATH ENTRY
              0000000B       PATHDBSZ       ((PATHSIZE+7)/8) SIZE OF PATH
                                            ENTRY IN DBWRDS

PATH Storage Layout | Top of page

    *** PATH - PATH TABLE MAPPING
    *
    *     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
    *   0 |         PATHNEXT          |         PATHDEVP          |
    *     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
    *   8 |         PATHEXIT          |         PATHUWRD          |
    *     +------+--------------------+---------------------------+
    *  10 |:HFLG |////////////////////|///////////////////////////|
    *     +------+--------------------+---------------------------+
    *  18 |:HSLCC|      PATHCTL       |         PATHCCW           |
    *     +------+------+-------------+---------------------------+
    *  20 |:HUST |:HCST |  PATHRCT    |         PATHSCT           |
    *     +------+------+-------------+---------------------------+
    *  28 |                                                       |
    *     =                       PATHSEN                         =
    *     |                                                       |
    *     +-------------------------------------------------------+
    *  48 |                       PATHNAME                        |
    *     |                                                       |
    *     +-------------------------------------------------------+
    *  58
    *
    *** PATH - PATH TABLE MAPPING

PATH Cross Reference | Top of page

    Symbol         Dspl Value
    -------------- ---- -----
    PATHATTN       0020 80
    PATHA31        0010 20
    PATHBUSY       0020 10
    PATHCC         0018 03
    PATHCCW        001C
    PATHCHEN       0020 08
    PATHCQY        0008
    PATHCST        0021
    PATHCTL        0019
    PATHCUE        0020 20
    PATHDBSZ       0048 0000000B
    PATHDEVP       0004
    PATHDVEN       0020 04
    PATHEXIT       0008
    PATHFLG        0010
    PATHKSL        0018 F8
    PATHLIO        0010 80
    PATHLOG        0018 04
    PATHNAME       0048
    PATHNEXT       0000
    PATHNRST       0010 10
    PATHQRY        0010 40
    PATHRCT        0022
    PATHSCSW       0018
    PATHSCT        0024
    PATHSEN        0028
    PATHSIZE       0048 00000058
    PATHSLCC       0018
    PATHSTMD       0020 40
    PATHUNCK       0020 02
    PATHUNEX       0020 01
    PATHUST        0020
    PATHUWRD       000C

This information is based on z/VM 7.2.0 Last updated on 24 Jun 2020 at 09:36:18 EDT.
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