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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:SMURF::DENHAM
Created:Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:10068
Total number of notes:35879

7825.0. "Problems with io_zero() on Alpha 1000 (V4.0)" by OZROCK::MAFFEY (Katrina Maffey) Tue Nov 12 1996 23:38

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7825.1io_zero() returns wrong valueSMURF::THOMPSONThu Nov 14 1996 14:039
7825.2Any new status...ADISSW::FERRARAFri Feb 21 1997 17:1020
    
    
    What's up with this issue?
    
    I am on a AXPvme 230 running UNIX 4.0b.
    
    I too get a -1 back from io_zero, when, based on a bus analyzer
    it looks like it cleared the correct REGION of I/O space.
    
    
    In addition, I expected to see 32-bit transfers out on the VMEbus
    when I see all BYTE transfers...this takes a long time to zero
    out a megabyte or 2 of memory out in I/O space.
    
    
    Has anyone encountered this behavior?
    
    -BobF
     CSS Real-time Engineering
    
7825.3io_zero return value wrong on axpvme 230 as wellSMURF::THOMPSONTue Feb 25 1997 10:1211
    The issue submitted (io_zero incorrect status on alphaserver 1000) has
    been fixed in the development pools.  The associated QAR has been 
    reassigned to the support folks for development of a patch.
    
    I just looked through the code and it appears that io_zero is returning
    no status on the axpvme 230 as well.  Do you need to check the status? 
    We will address this so it matches the documentation, but in the
    meantime can you remove the return value check from your code?
    
    
    -Pete Thompson
7825.4What's the plan?ADISSW::FERRARAWed Feb 26 1997 13:379
    
    
    Yes, I can remove the check of the return status.  
    
    What is your intended fix?  To fix the code to return the
    correct status or change the documentation to reflect the 
    current code?
    
    -Bob
7825.5Fix the return valueWASTED::mapMark Parenti, Unix Engineering GroupMon Mar 03 1997 10:234
The fix will be to return the correct status as documented.

Mark Parenti
UEG