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Int 61 Fn 0001 - Banyan Vines - "sosock" - Open Communications Socket [N]
AX = 0001h subfn 0001h
DS:DX -> communications control block (function 0001h)
Return: AX = status (see below)
Note: Banyan can use any interrupt from 60h through 66h. The Banyan
interrupt handler is identified by the string "BANV" in the four
bytes immediately preceding the interrupt handler
See Also: AX=0001h/SF=0002h,AX=0001h/SF=0008h,INT 15/AX=DE2Eh
Values for status:
0000h successful
0001h service not installed
0002h invalid service ID
0098h resource already in use
009Eh address family does not exist
009Fh socket type does not exist
00A0h protocol does not exist
00A1h no more sockets available
00A2h no more buffer space available
Format of control block:
Offset Size Description
00h WORD 0001h
02h WORD pointer to argument block
04h WORD error return code
06h 4 BYTEs reserved
Format of argument block:
Offset Size Description
00h WORD pointer to 2-byte buffer for socket identifier
02h WORD address family
0003h Banyan
04h WORD socket type
in address family 0003h
0001h IPC socket
0002h SPP socket
06h WORD protocol number
FFFFh default
08h WORD pointer to 16-byte buffer for socket address
0Ah WORD local port number
0000h if service should assign transient port number
0001h to 01FFh well-known port number (assigned by Banyan)
Format of IPC port:
Offset Size Description
00h WORD address family (always 0003h for Banyan ports)
04h 4 BYTEs network number (server's serial number)
06h WORD subnet number (0001h = server, 8000h-FFFEh = PC)
08h WORD port ID (0001h-01FFh for "well-known" ports)
0Ah BYTE hop count
0Bh 5 BYTEs filler
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