Command Operation
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CMD_CLEAR Mark track buffer as invalid. Forces the track to be
ETD_CLEAR re-read. ETD_CLEAR also checks for a diskchange.
CMD_READ Read one or more sectors from a disk. ETD_READ also
ETD_READ reads the sector label area and checks for a diskchange.
CMD_UPDATE Write out track buffer if it has been changed. ETD_UPDATE
ETD_UPDATE also checks for a diskchange.
CMD_WRITE Write one or more sectors to a disk. ETD_WRITE also
ETD_WRITE writes the sector label area and checks for a diskchange.
TD_ADDCHANGEINT Add an interrupt handler to be activated on a diskchange.
TD_CHANGENUM Return the current value of the diskchange counter used
by the ETD commands to determine if a diskchange has
occurred.
TD_CHANGESTATE Return the disk present/not-present status of a drive.
TD_EJECT Eject a disk from a drive. This command will only work
on drives that support an eject command (V36).
TD_FORMAT Initialize one or more tracks with a data buffer.
ETD_FORMAT ETD_FORMAT also initializes the sector label area.
TD_GETDRIVETYPE Return the type of disk drive in use by the unit.
TD_GETGEOMETRY Return the disk geometry table (V36).
TD_GETNUMTRACKS Return the number of tracks usable with the unit.
TD_MOTOR Turn the motor on or off. ETD_MOTOR also checks for a
ETD_MOTOR diskchange.
TD_PROTSTATUS Return the write-protect status of a disk.
TD_RAWREAD Read RAW sector data from disk (unencoded MFM).
ETD_RAWREAD ETD_RAWREAD also checks for a diskchange.
TD_RAWWRITE Write RAW sector data to disk. ETD_RAWWRITE also checks
ETD_RAWWRITE for a diskchange.
TD_REMCHANGEINT Remove a diskchange interrupt handler.
TD_SEEK Move the head to a specific track. ETD_SEEK also checks
for a
ETD_SEEK diskchange.
Exec Functions as Used in This Chapter
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AbortIO() Abort a command to the trackdisk device.
BeginIO() Initiate a command and return immediately (asynchronous
request).
CloseDevice() Relinquish use of a disk unit.
DoIO() Initiate a command and wait for completion (synchronous
request).
OpenDevice() Obtain exclusive use of a particular disk unit.
Exec Support Functions as Used in This Chapter
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CreateExtIO() Create an extended I/O request structure of type IOExtTD.
This structure will be used to communicate commands to
the trackdisk device.
CreatePort() Create a signal message port for reply messages from the
trackdisk device. Exec will signal a task when a message
arrives at the reply port.
DeleteExtIO() Delete an I/O request structure created by CreateExtIO().
DeletePort() Delete the message port created by CreatePort().