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Programming Interface Information:
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PPLBK
Cross Reference (Contains links to field and bit definitions)
PPLBK Prolog
Name : HCPPPLBK
Description: Product Parameter List Block
STATUS : VM/ESA Version 2, Release 3.0
DSECT : PPLBK
Function : Contains information relating to Products
that is used by diagnose x'27C' interface to
CP. This block is used to pass information
to and from the virtual machine.
Located by : Register Rx contains the guest real address
of the PPLBK at the time Diagnose X'27C'
is issued.
Created by : The Program issuing Diagnose X'27C'
Deleted by : The Program issuing Diagnose X'27C'
Serialized : The Program issuing Diagnose X'27C'
Comments : The PPLBK is fetched by CP from guest storage
when Diagnose X'27C' is issued by the guest.
The PPLBK will be stored back in guest storage
by CP upon completion of the specific
diagnose function.
PPLBK Control Block Content
PPLBK DSECT
Hex Dec Type/Val Lng Label (dup) Comments ---- ---- --------- ---- -------------- -------- 0000 0 Structure PPLBK Product Parameter List Block 0000 0 Bitstring 1 PPLTYPE Type of enablement block 00000001 PPLPROD X'01' Indicates this is Product Block 0001 1 Bitstring 1 PPLFLAG1 Status Flag for Enablement block 1... .... PPLENABL X'80' Product is Enabled .1.. .... PPLDISAB X'40' Product is Disabled ...1 .... PPLDESCR X'10' Definition Contains Description ..1. 1111 PPLRES2F X'2F' ** Reserved for IBM use ** 0002 2 Bitstring 14 PPLRESV1 ** Reserved for IBM use ** 0010 16 Dbl-Word 8 * (0) 0010 16 Character 8 PPLPRDID Product Identifier (7 or 8 chars) 0018 24 Signed 4 PPLDESCL Length of product description 001C 28 Address 4 PPLDESCA Address of product description 1111 1111 PPLMXDES X'FF' Maximum product Description size 00000020 PPLBKSZ (*-PPLBK) Size of PPLBK in bytes 00000004 PPLBKSZD (*-PPLBK+7)/8 Size of PPLBK in Doublewords
PPLBK Storage Layout
*** PPLBK - Product Parameter List Block * * +------+------+-----------------------------------------+ * 0 |:TYPE |:FLAG1| PPLRESV1 | * +------+------+ | * | | * +-------------------------------------------------------+ * 10 | PPLPRDID | * +---------------------------+---------------------------+ * 18 | PPLDESCL | PPLDESCA | * +---------------------------+---------------------------+ * 20 * *** PPLBK - Product Parameter List Block
PPLBK Cross Reference
(contains links to field and bit definitions)Symbol Dspl Value -------------- ---- -----PPLBKSZ 001C 00000020
PPLBKSZD 001C 00000004
PPLDESCA 001C
PPLDESCL 0018
PPLDESCR 0001 10
PPLDISAB 0001 40
PPLENABL 0001 80
PPLFLAG1 0001
PPLMXDES 001C FF
PPLPRDID 0010
PPLPROD 0000 00000001
PPLRESV1 0002
PPLRES2F 0001 2F
PPLTYPE 0000
Last updated on 3 Aug 1999 at 12:23:56 EDT.
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