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Article #3110"passive release"? What is it?
From: Not Marc Spencer
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 1991 03:59
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 1991 03:59
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The _VAX Architecture Reference Manual_ specifies that SCB vector 00 is for a "passive release" interrupt. What is a "passive release", what causes one, what is the OS expected to do with one of these, and what parameters are pushed on the stack? Any reasonable answers appreciated; pointers to answers somewhat less so as I have minimal access to documentation. I have no experience with any of the VAX bus architectures (i.e. I'm interested mainly from a software viewpoint), so forgive me if this is an obvious question. -- Help stamp out vi in our lifetime! Scott Goehring goehring@ai.mit.edu On exile in Indianapolis, IN -- Help stamp out vi in our lifetime! Scott Goehring goehring@ai.mit.edu On exile in Indianapolis, IN
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!ai.mit.edu!goehring From: goehring@ai.mit.edu (Not Marc Spencer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: "passive release"? What is it? Message-ID: <GOEHRING.91Feb11225902@ai.mit.edu> Date: 12 Feb 91 03:59:02 GMT Sender: news@ai.mit.edu Reply-To: goehring@ai.mit.edu Organization: Department of Tautological Pleonasms and Superfluous Redundancies Department Lines: 18