Motorola MVME187 manual Default 187Bug Controller and Device Parameters

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Disk I/O Support

A command packet for one type of controller module usually does not have the same format as a command packet for a different type of module. The system call facilities which do disk I/O accept a generalized (controller-independent) packet format as an argument, and translate it into a controller-specific packet, which is then sent to the specified device.

Refer to the system call descriptions in the Debugging Package for Motorola 88K RISC CPUs User's Manual for details on the format and construction of these standardized "user" packets.

The packets which a controller module expects to be given vary from controller to controller. The disk driver module for the particular hardware module (board) must take the standardized packet given to a trap function and create a new packet which is specifically tailored for the disk drive controller it is sent to. Refer to documentation on the particular controller module for the format of its packets, and for using the IOC command.

Default 187Bug Controller and Device Parameters

187Bug initializes the parameter tables for a default configuration of controllers and devices (refer to Appendix B). If the system needs to be configured differently than this default configuration (for example, to use a 70MB Winchester drive where the default is a 40MB Winchester drive), then these tables must be changed.

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