Disk I/O Support

When a disk transfer is requested:

Start and size of the transfer is specified in blocks

177Bug translates this into an equivalent sector specification

Passes the sector specification on to the controller to initiate the transfer

If the conversion from blocks to sectors yields a fractional sector count, an error is returned and no data is transferred.

Device Probe Function

A device probe with entry into the device descriptor table is performed whenever a specified device is accessed; i.e., when system calls:

.DSKRD

.DSKWR

.DSKCFIG

.DSKFMT

.DSKCTRL

or debugger commands:

BH

BO

IOC

IOP

IOT

MAR

MAW

are used.

B

B-15

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