Document revision date: 19 July 1999

Appendix B
Appendix B	I/O Support Routine Changes
B.1	ACP_STD$READBLK and ACP_STD$WRITEBLK
B.2	EXE_STD$ALLOC_BUFIO_32, EXE_STD$ALLOC_BUFIO_64
B.3	EXE_STD$ALLOC_DIAGBUF
B.4	EXE_STD$LOCK_ERR_CLEANUP
B.5	EXE_STD$MODIFY, EXE_STD$READ, EXE_STD$WRITE
B.6	EXE_STD$MODIFYLOCK, EXE_STD$READLOCK, EXE_STD$WRITELOCK
B.6.1	CALL_xLOCK and CALL_xLOCK_ERR macros
B.7	EXE_STD$READCHK and EXE_STD$WRITECHK
B.7.1	CALL_xCHK and CALL_xCHKR macros
B.8	EXE_STD$SETCHAR and EXE_STD$SETMODE
B.9	IOC_STD$CREATE_DIOBM
B.10	IOC_STD$FILL_DIOBM
B.11	IOC_STD$PTETOPFN
B.12	IOC_STD$RELEASE_DIOBM
B.13	IOC_STD$SIMREQCOM, IOC$SIMREQCOM
B.13.1	CALL_SIMREQCOM macro
B.13.2	IOC$SIMREQCOM
B.14	IOC_STD$SVAPTE_IN_BUF
B.15	IOC_STD$VA_TO_PA
B.16	MMG_STD$GET_PTE_FOR_VA
B.17	MMG_STD$IOLOCK, MMG$IOLOCK, MMG_STD$IOLOCK_BUF
B.17.1	CALL_IOLOCK macro
B.18	MMG_STD$UNLOCK, MMG$UNLOCK, MMG_STD$IOUNLOCK_BUF
B.18.1	CALL_UNLOCK macro
B.19	MMG_STD$SVAPTECHK, MMG$SVAPTECHK
Appendix C
Appendix C	Kernel Threads Routines and Macros
Command 1	EXE$CVT_IPID_TO_KTB Routine
Command 2	EXE$CVT_EPID_TO_KTB Routine
Command 3	GET_CURKTB Macro
Command 4	CVT_IPID_TO_PCB_KTB Macro
Command 5	CVT_IPID_TO_KTB Macro
Index
Index
Examples
5-1	Creating a PLV for C on Alpha Systems
Figures
4-1	32-bit Buffered I/O Packet Header
4-2	New 64-bit Buffered I/O Packet Header
4-3	Direct I/O Buffer Map
4-4	64-Bit ASTs
4-5	Embedded ACB64
6-1	Default Kernel Stack and User Stack Sizes
6-2	Structure of a Multithreaded Process
6-3	Process ID (PID)
6-4	Extended Process ID (EPID)
6-5	Range Checking and Sequence Vectors
Tables
2-1	Arguments for TBI_DATA_64 and TBI_SINGLE
2-2	Arguments for TBI_ALL
2-3	New PCB/KTB Fields
2-4	Stack Arrays
3-1	Removed Date Structure Fields
3-2	Removed Routines
3-3	Removed System Data Cells
4-1	$QIO [W] Argument Changes
4-2	Summary of 64-Bit Support by I/O Mechanism
4-3	Guidelines for 64-bit Support by I/O Function
5-1	Components of the Alpha Privileged Library Vector
5-2	Flags for 64-Bit User-Written Services
A-1	64-Bit Pointer Data Types
A-2	BOD Structure Changes
A-3	BUFIO Packet
A-4	CXB Structure Changes
A-5	DCBE Structure Changes
A-6	Primary DIOBM structure
A-7	Secondary DIOBM structure
A-8	FDT Structure Changes
A-9	IRP Changes
A-10	IRPE Changes
A-11	PHD Structure Changes
A-12	VCRP Structure Changes
B-1	EXE_STD$ALLOC_BUFIO_32, EXE_STD$ALLOC_BUFIO_64 Arguments
B-2	EXE_STD$ALLOC_BUFIO_32, EXE_STD$ALLOC_BUFIO_64 Implicit Outputs
B-3	EXE_STD$ALLOC_DIAGBUF Arguments
B-4	EXE_STD$ALLOC_DIAGBUF Implicit Outputs
B-5	EXE_STD$LOCK_ERR_CLEANUP Arguments
B-6	EXE_STD$LOCK_ERR_CLEANUP Implicit Inputs and Outputs
B-7	IOC_STD$CREATE_DIOBM Arguments
B-8	IOC_STD$FILL_DIOBM Arguments
B-9	IOC_STD$RELEASE_DIOBM Arguments
B-10	IOC_STD$SVAPTE_IN_BUF Arguments
B-11	IOC_STD$SVAPTE_IN_BUF Implicit Inputs
B-12	IOC_STD$VA_TO_PA Arguments
B-13	MMG_STD$GET_PTE_FOR_VA Arguments
B-14	MMG_STD$IOLOCK_BUF Arguments

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