devices.def

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DEFINITION MODULE Devices;

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	(*							*)
	(*		Support for device drivers.		*)
	(*							*)
	(*  The aim of this module is to a measure of device	*)
	(*  independence in I/O operations.  It provides a	*)
	(*  uniform I/O interface to all device drivers which	*)
	(*  choose to make themselves known to module Devices.	*)
	(*							*)
	(*  Programmer:		P. Moylan			*)
	(*  Last edited:	16 June 1992			*)
	(*  Status:		Working				*)
	(*							*)
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FROM SYSTEM IMPORT
    (* type *)	BYTE, ADDRESS;

FROM IOErrorCodes IMPORT
    (* type *)	ErrorCode;

FROM Semaphores IMPORT
    (* type *)	Semaphore;

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TYPE
    BlockNumberType = LONGCARD;

    (* Any I/O device supported by this module is specified by a pair	*)
    (* of type (device, unit), where the first component has private	*)
    (* type Device, and the second is a unit number (normally zero, but	*)
    (* some device drivers support multi-unit devices).			*)

    Device;	(* is private *)

    (* The I/O operations dealt with by this module.  Note that "read"	*)
    (* and "physicalread" have the same meaning for most devices - and	*)
    (* similarly for "write" and "physicalwrite" - but the distinction	*)
    (* is important for hard disks, which can be partitioned into	*)
    (* one or more logical disks.					*)

    OperationType = (verify, read, write, physicalread, physicalwrite,
			shutdown);

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    (*									*)
    (*  An I/O operation is specified by the details in a request block	*)
    (*  whose fields have the meaning:					*)
    (*									*)
    (*		Status		to show the result of the operation	*)
    (*				  (Status = OK if there was no error)	*)
    (*		operation	the desired I/O operation		*)
    (*		device,unit	the device to be used			*)
    (*		BlockNumber	the block number on the medium, used	*)
    (*				only for block-oriented devices		*)
    (*		ByteCount	the number of bytes to transfer		*)
    (*		BufferAddress	the address of an array which holds the	*)
    (*				data to be written, or which will	*)
    (*				receive the input data			*)
    (*		DoneSemaphorePointer  the address of a semaphore on	*)
    (*				which the device will perform a Signal	*)
    (*				to let the user know that the operation	*)
    (*				is complete				*)
    (*									*)
    (*  The caller must not modify the contents of the request block	*)
    (*  until completion of the I/O operation.  Device drivers must	*)
    (*  not modify any field except the Status field.			*)
    (*									*)
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TYPE
    RequestBlock = RECORD
			Status: ErrorCode;
			operation: OperationType;
			device: Device;
			unit: CARDINAL;
			BlockNumber: BlockNumberType;
			ByteCount: CARDINAL;
			BufferAddress: ADDRESS;
			DoneSemaphorePointer: POINTER TO Semaphore;
		   END (*RECORD*);

    RequestBlockPointer = POINTER TO RequestBlock;

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(*		  PROCEDURES CALLED BY THE USER TASKS			*)
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PROCEDURE SameDevice (d1, d2: Device): BOOLEAN;

    (* Tests the condition d1 = d2.	*)

PROCEDURE NullDevice (): Device;

    (* Returns the device code which this module uses internally to	*)
    (* mean "nonexistent device" or "unknown device".  I/O operations	*)
    (* on this device are of course impossible (if attempted, they will	*)
    (* result in the NoSuchDevice error code), but the device code can	*)
    (* be used by client modules as a marker to indicate that no	*)
    (* genuine device has yet been specified.				*)

PROCEDURE IdentifyDevice (name: ARRAY OF CHAR;  VAR (*OUT*) device: Device;
				VAR (*OUT*) unitnumber: CARDINAL);

    (* Given the character string form of a device name, returns the	*)
    (* device code and unit number.					*)

PROCEDURE GetDefaultDirectory (device: Device;  unit: CARDINAL;
				VAR (*OUT*) DirectoryString: ARRAY OF CHAR);

    (* Produces a string representing the default directory.  The	*)
    (* string includes the character form of the device name.		*)

PROCEDURE VolumeSize (device: Device;  unitnumber: CARDINAL): BlockNumberType;

    (* Returns the number of sectors on (device, unitnumber).  Note	*)
    (* that the result is meaningful only for device drivers which	*)
    (* supply this information (see DeviceName below).			*)

PROCEDURE IOrequest (VAR (*INOUT*) details: RequestBlock);

    (* Adds the requested I/O operation to the queue of pending		*)
    (* operations on details.device.  The operation might not be done	*)
    (* immediately since the device driver might still be working on an	*)
    (* earlier request.  On I/O completion, the device driver performs	*)
    (* a Signal(details.DoneSemaphorePointer^).				*)

PROCEDURE BlockRead (d: Device;  unitnumber: CARDINAL;
			BlockNumber: BlockNumberType;
			MemoryAddress: ADDRESS;  amount: CARDINAL): ErrorCode;

    (* Reads "amount" bytes into memory, starting at the		*)
    (* beginning of block number "BlockNumber" on the specified device.	*)

PROCEDURE BlockWrite (d: Device;  unitnumber: CARDINAL;
			BlockNumber: BlockNumberType;
			MemoryAddress: ADDRESS;  amount: CARDINAL): ErrorCode;

    (* Writes "amount" bytes from memory, starting at the beginning of	*)
    (* block number "BlockNumber" on the specified device.		*)

PROCEDURE ReadPhysicalBlock (d: Device;  unitnumber: CARDINAL;
		BlockNo: BlockNumberType;  MemoryAddress: ADDRESS): ErrorCode;

    (* Reads one sector into memory, starting at the beginning of	*)
    (* physical block number "BlockNo" on the specified device.		*)

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(*		PROCEDURES CALLED BY THE DEVICE DRIVERS			*)
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PROCEDURE InstallDeviceDriver (MaxUnitNumber: CARDINAL): Device;

    (* Called by the device driver as part of its initialization code,	*)
    (* to make the driver known to this module.  MaxUnitNumber is the	*)
    (* maximum unit number which this device driver will support (0 for	*)
    (* a single-unit device driver).  The value returned is the means	*)
    (* by which the device driver will henceforth identify itself to	*)
    (* this module.							*)

PROCEDURE DeviceName (device: Device;  unit: CARDINAL;
			name: ARRAY OF CHAR;  size: BlockNumberType;
			DefaultDirString: ARRAY OF CHAR);

    (* Specifies an external name for a given device and unit number.	*)
    (* Duplicate names are permitted.  The size parameter gives the	*)
    (* number of sectors in the partition if this "device" is actually	*)
    (* a partition on a hard disk; but it is not necessarily meaningful	*)
    (* for other device types.  (This parameter is supplied only for	*)
    (* the benefit of the file system when it has to deal with the	*)
    (* special case of a large partition.)  Device drivers which are	*)
    (* not prepared to specify a meaningful size should supply a value	*)
    (* of 0 for the size.						*)
    (* DefaultDirString specifies the initial default directory.	*)

PROCEDURE AcceptRequest (device: Device): RequestBlockPointer;

    (* Returns a pointer to the next request enqueued for this device.	*)
    (* If there is no next request, we wait until one appears.		*)

END Devices.