In <[email protected]>, on
11/04/2013
   at 04:56 PM, DASDBILL2 <[email protected]> said:

>SRBs can do I/O.  They can't do SVC instructions, however.  You 
>can start an I/O request without an SVC if you use the STARTIO 
>macro, which requires your code's being authorized.  You can know 
>when the I/O is complete by testing an ECB's 

ECB? We don't need no stinking ECB. Were you thinking of EXCP[VR},
which does use an ECB?
 
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