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VOLSECT

Prolog  

Control Block Contents  

VOLSECT DSECT

Storage Layout  

Cross Reference (Contains links to field and bit definitions)  

VOLSECT Prolog

Name : VOLSECT Description: Volume ID Storage DSECT : VOLSECT Notes : VOLSECT is primarily used to hold additional user supplied volume ID's. If the user supplied more than 16 volume ID's storage is obtained for a VOLSECT which can hold 24 additional volume ID's. The field 'LABVSECT' in LABSECT points to the first VOLSECT. Additional VOLSECTs are forward pointed to by the field 'VOLNSECT' contained in the first 4 bytes of a VOLSECT.

 

VOLSECT Control Block Content


VOLSECT DSECT

Hex Dec Type/Val Lng Label (dup) Comments ---- ---- --------- ---- -------------- -------- 0000 0 Structure VOLSECT Volume ID Storage 0000 0 Address 4 VOLNSECT FOWRARD CHAIN POINTER 0004 4 Character 192 VOLAVOLS SPACE FOR 24 ADDITIONAL VOLIDS 00C4 196 Bitstring 4 VOLEND FENCE FOR END OF VOLIDS 00000019 VOLSIZE (*-VOLSECT+7)/8 SIZE OF VOLSECT IN DOUBLE WORDS

 

VOLSECT Storage Layout

*** VOLSECT - Volume ID Storage
*
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*   0 |         VOLNSECT          |                           |
*     +---------------------------+                           |
*   8 |                                                       |
*     =                       VOLAVOLS                        =
*     |                           +---------------------------+
*  C0 |                           |          VOLEND           |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  C8
*
*** VOLSECT - Volume ID Storage

 

VOLSECT Cross Reference

(contains links to field and bit definitions)
Symbol         Dspl Value
-------------- ---- -----

VOLAVOLS 0004

VOLEND 00C4

VOLNSECT 0000

VOLSIZE 00C4 00000019


This information is based on VM/ESA 2.4.0.
Last updated on 12 Aug 1999 at 11:28:10 EDT.
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