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Article #2121soft channels
From: Joe Kulig
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1988 14:26
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1988 14:26
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I have question about soft channels that I hope someone can
answer for me. I have been looking at the work area of a process that
is blocked on a soft channel and this is what I can piece together:
+----------------+
| Buffer pointer | Wptr - 3
+ ---------------+
| ??????? | Wptr - 2
+----------------+
| Address of next|
| instruction | Wptr - 1
| to be executed |
+----------------+
It is not obvious to me what is at Wptr - 2.
Another question that comes to mind is on pg. 29 of the
compiler writers' guide. In the Size of workspace section, it mentions
'unconditional i/o'. What is 'unconditional i/o'? Is it a process
that communicates over a channel? Also does anyone know what the
workspace locations contain for a process with alternative input and
timer input? I have not looked at these type of workspaces yet.
Thanks for any help.
Joe
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!ncrlnk!ncrcam!advdev!jjk From: jjk@advdev.Cambridge.NCR.COM (Joe Kulig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer Subject: soft channels Message-ID: <350@advdev.Cambridge.NCR.COM> Date: 8 Jul 88 14:26:54 GMT Reply-To: jjk@advdev.Cambridge.NCR.COM (Joe Kulig) Organization: NCR E&M Cambridge Lines: 26