Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!info-mac From: info-mac@uw-beaver Newsgroups: fa.info-mac Subject: File I/O Queue and ExtFS Message-ID: <474@uw-beaver> Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 14:15:57 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.474 Posted: Fri Jan 18 14:15:57 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 23-Jan-85 06:38:15 EST Sender: daemon@uw-beaver Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 25 From: cadtroy!schoff@cadmus Firstly: In the File Manager Programmer's Guide under the File I/O Queue (6-59) we have an interesting FIFO. What exactly is the "rest of parameter block". What does it look like etc.... Secondly: If control has passed to "toExtFS" can I assume that the first queue entry refers to the external file system (ExtFS)? Thirdly: If I am smart given the slow speed of the appletalk and the asynchronous nature of the I/O should I scan through queue and look for other I/O request that refer to the ExtFS and maybe even violate the FIFO approach but minimally check the "second" I/O request? marty schoff@cadmus.ARPA schoff@cadmus.CSNET seismo!ucadmus!cadtroy!schoff sbcs!albany!cadtroy!schoff