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NICBK

Prolog  

Control Block Contents  
   NICBK DSECT

Storage Layout  

Cross Reference (Contains links to field and bit definitions)  


NICBK Prolog

 NAME       : HCPNICBK
 DESCRIPTION: Virtual Network Interface Card block
 DSECT      : NICBK
 FUNCTION   :
                Define a structure to represent a Network Interface
                Card.  One NICBK exists for each Virtual Adapter.
                Each NICBK is associated with a set of Virtual
                Network Interface Devices (VDEV/NIDBK).
 LOCATED BY -
                VDEVNIC  = Pointer to owning adapter NICBK
                NIDNICBK = Pointer to owning adapter NICBK
                LNKNICHD = Pointer to chain of coupled adapter NICBK
 CREATED BY :
                CP DEFINE command processing (module HCPVDB)
 DELETED BY :
                CP DETACH command processing (module HCPVDB)
 REFERENCES :
                HCPDVTYP COPY - Specific device types
                HCPEQUAT COPY - General CP equates

 

NICBK Control Block Content


NICBK DSECT

Hex   Dec Type/Val   Lng Label (dup)    Comments
---- ---- --------- ---- -------------- --------
0000    0 Structure      NICBK          Virtual Network Interface Card
                                        block
     Static Area -
     The fields in this area are relatively constant. They are initialized
     when the adapter (NIC) is created, and may be referenced with minimal
     serialization (just enough to be sure your pointer to the NICBK is
     valid).
0000    0 Character    8 NICDESC        NIC Description (e.g. HIPER)
0008    8 Character    8 NICOWNER       NIC Owner VM Userid
0010   16 Signed       2 NICBASE        NIC Base Virtual Device Address
0012   18 Signed       2 NICLAST        NIC Last Virtual Device Address
0014   20 Signed       2 NICDEVS        NIC Device Count
0016   22 Bitstring    1 NICTYPE        Network Device Type
          00000001       NICIQDC        1 IQDC Device
          00000001       NICHIPR        1 HIPERSOCKET adapter type
          00000002       NICQDIO        2 QDIO adapter type
          00000003       NICLCS         3 LCS adapter type
0017   23 Bitstring    1 *              Reserved
0018   24 Bitstring    2 NICCUTYP       Simulated Control Unit Type
001A   26 Bitstring    1 NICCUMDL       Simulated Control Unit Model
001B   27 Bitstring    2 NICDVTYP       Simulated Device Type
001D   29 Bitstring    1 NICDVMDL       Simulated Device Model
001E   30 Bitstring    1 NICCHPTP       CHPID type for this adapter
001F   31 Bitstring    1 NICCHPID       CHPID for this adapter
0020   32 Address      4 NICVDEV        Pointer to Base VDEV
0024   36 Signed       4 NICMFS         MFS (bytes) for current LAN
0028   40 Bitstring    6 NICMAC         MAC Address for this adapter
002E   46 Bitstring    2 NICMAXIP       Maximum IP Addresses per device
0030   48 Address      4 NICSETUP       Driver Setup routine
0034   52 Address      4 NICRESET       Driver Reset routine
     NIC Adapter Lock -
     Notes : LKWRDSIZ == 3 doublewords.
0038   56 Dbl-Word     8 NICLKWRD (3)   Adapter Lockword
     Adapter Management Area -
     The fields in this area are used in the normal operation of the adapter
     (NIC). In general, these fields are serialized by the NIC Adapter Lock:
     - Hold NICLKWRD EXCLUSIVE to update - Hold NICLKWRD SHARED to reference
0050   80 Signed       4 NICRFCTR       Outstanding Reference count
0054   84 Bitstring    1 NICCFLG        Adapter Configuration flags
          1... ....      NICINPRG       X'80' Initialization in Progress
          .1.. ....      NICDLPRG       X'40' Delete in Progress
          ..1. ....      NICCNLAN       X'20' Connected to a SYSTEM LAN
          ...1 ....      NICPVLAN       X'10' Connected to a PRIVATE LAN
0055   85 Bitstring    3 *              Reserved
0058   88 Address      4 NICNIDHD       Pointer to First NIDBK
005C   92 Address      4 NICNIDTL       Pointer to Last NIDBK
     Device Specific Area -
     This area is reserved for use by device-specific routines.
0060   96 Bitstring   32 NICSPEC        NICBK Device-dependent extension
     LAN Management Area -
     The fields in this area are used to connect the adapter (NIC) to a
     Virtual LAN.
     To connect or disconnect this adapter (NIC) to/from a Virtual LAN, the
     following locks must be obtained (in this sequence):
     - The LAN Lock (LANLKWRD) EXCLUSIVE - The NIC Adapter Lock (NICLKWRD)
     EXCLUSIVE
     To reference these fields (e.g. while following the chain) you only
     need to hold LANLKWRD SHARED.
0080  128 Address      4 NICFPNT        Pointer to Next NICBK
0084  132 Address      4 NICBPNT        Pointer to Prev NICBK
0088  136 Address      4 NICLANBK       Pointer to associated LANBK. If
                                        NICCNLAN=1 this is a System LAN.
                                        Otherwise this is the PRIVATE LAN
                                        that represents a disconnected
                                        adapter.
008C  140 Bitstring    4 *              Reserved
     End of the NICBK.
0090  144 Dbl-Word     8 NIC$END (0)    End of the NICBK structure
          00000090       NICBKLN        *-NICBK Length of NICBK in bytes
          00000012       NICBKSZ        (*-NICBK+7)/8 Size of NICBK in
                                        doublewords
     Related constants.
          00000100       NICMAXDV       256 Max Network Devices per NIC
          00000020       NICMAXNT       32 Max Network Ports per NIC
     NICSPEC Overlay for HIPERSOCKET -
0060   96 Bitstring    1 NICQDFMT       QDIO Queue Format
0061   97 Bitstring    2 *              Reserved
0063   99 Bitstring    9 NICADPTK (0)   Adapter Name : Length||Token
0063   99 Bitstring    1 NICADPNL       Length of NICADPNM Token
0064  100 Character    8 NICADPNM       Adapter Name Token
006C  108 Signed       4 NICMPCCT       Count of established MPC groups
0070  112 Address      4 NICMPCHD       Pointer to First MPCBK
0074  116 Address      4 NICMPCTL       Pointer to Last MPCBK
0078  120 Signed       2 NICMAXIQ       Maximum INPUT Queues per MPC
007A  122 Signed       2 NICMAXOQ       Maximum OUTPUT Queues per MPC
007C  124 Bitstring    4 *              Reserved

 

NICBK Storage Layout

          
*** NICBK - Virtual Network Interface Card block
*
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*   0 |                       NICDESC                         |
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*   8 |                       NICOWNER                        |
*     +-------------+-------------+-------------+------+------+
*  10 |  NICBASE    |  NICLAST    |  NICDEVS    |:TYPE |//////|
*     +-------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
*  18 |  NICCUTYP   |:CUMDL|  NICDVTYP   |:DVMDL|:CHPTP|:CHPID|
*     +-------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
*  20 |         NICVDEV           |          NICMFS           |
*     +---------------------------+-------------+-------------+
*  28 |                 NICMAC                  |  NICMAXIP   |
*     +---------------------------+-------------+-------------+
*  30 |         NICSETUP          |         NICRESET          |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  38 |                                                       |
*     =                       NICLKWRD                        =
*     |                                                       |
*     +---------------------------+------+--------------------+
*  50 |         NICRFCTR          |:CFLG |////////////////////|
*     +---------------------------+------+--------------------+
*  58 |         NICNIDHD          |         NICNIDTL          |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  60 |                                                       |
*     =                       NICSPEC                         =
*     |                                                       |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  80 |         NICFPNT           |         NICBPNT           |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  88 |         NICLANBK          |///////////////////////////|
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*
*** NICBK - Virtual Network Interface Card block
          
*** Overlay for NICSPEC in NICBK
*
*     +------+-------------+------+---------------------------+
*  60 |:QDFMT|/////////////|:ADPNL|        NICADPNM-          |
*     +------+-------------+------+---------------------------+
*  68 |          -(064)           |         NICMPCCT          |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  70 |         NICMPCHD          |         NICMPCTL          |
*     +-------------+-------------+---------------------------+
*  78 |  NICMAXIQ   |  NICMAXOQ   |///////////////////////////|
*     +-------------+-------------+---------------------------+
*  80
*
*** Overlay for NICSPEC in NICBK

 

NICBK Cross Reference

Symbol         Dspl Value
-------------- ---- -----
NIC$END        0090
NICADPNL       0063
NICADPNM       0064
NICADPTK       0063
NICBASE        0010
NICBKLN        0090 00000090
NICBKSZ        0090 00000012
NICBPNT        0084
NICCFLG        0054
NICCHPID       001F
NICCHPTP       001E
NICCNLAN       0054 20
NICCUMDL       001A
NICCUTYP       0018
NICDESC        0000
NICDEVS        0014
NICDLPRG       0054 40
NICDVMDL       001D
NICDVTYP       001B
NICFPNT        0080
NICHIPR        0016 00000001
NICINPRG       0054 80
NICIQDC        0016 00000001
NICLANBK       0088
NICLAST        0012
NICLCS         0016 00000003
NICLKWRD       0038
NICMAC         0028
NICMAXDV       0090 00000100
NICMAXIP       002E
NICMAXIQ       0078
NICMAXNT       0090 00000020
NICMAXOQ       007A
NICMFS         0024
NICMPCCT       006C
NICMPCHD       0070
NICMPCTL       0074
NICNIDHD       0058
NICNIDTL       005C
NICOWNER       0008
NICPVLAN       0054 10
NICQDFMT       0060
NICQDIO        0016 00000002
NICRESET       0034
NICRFCTR       0050
NICSETUP       0030
NICSPEC        0060
NICTYPE        0016
NICVDEV        0020

This information is based on z/VM V4R2.0. Last updated on 30 Oct 2001 at 13:35:21 EDT.
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