BI-DIRECTIONAL DATA TRANSFER WITHIN A SINGLE I/O OPERATION

    公开(公告)号:CA2704133A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-20

    申请号:CA2704133

    申请日:2009-02-09

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: An article of manufacture, apparatus, and a method for facilitating input/output (I/O) pro-cessing for an I/O operation at a host computer system configured for communication with a control unit. The method includes the host computer system obtaining a transport command word (TCW) for an I/O operation having both input and output data. The TCW specifies a location of the output data and a location for storing the input data. The host computer system forwards the I/O operation to the control unit for execution. The host computer system gathers the output data respon-sive to the location of the output data specified by the TCW, and then forwards the output data to the control unit for use in the execution of the I/O operation. The host computer system receives the input data from the control unit and stores the input data at the location specified by the TCW.

    BI-DIRECTIONAL DATA TRANSFER WITHIN A SINGLE I/O OPERATION

    公开(公告)号:CA2704133C

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-07

    申请号:CA2704133

    申请日:2009-02-09

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: An article of manufacture, apparatus, and a method for facilitating input/output (I/O) pro-cessing for an I/O operation at a host computer system configured for communication with a control unit. The method includes the host computer system obtaining a transport command word (TCW) for an I/O operation having both input and output data. The TCW specifies a location of the output data and a location for storing the input data. The host computer system forwards the I/O operation to the control unit for execution. The host computer system gathers the output data respon-sive to the location of the output data specified by the TCW, and then forwards the output data to the control unit for use in the execution of the I/O operation. The host computer system receives the input data from the control unit and stores the input data at the location specified by the TCW.

    COMPUTER COMMAND AND RESPONSE FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF AN I/O OPERATION

    公开(公告)号:CA2704136C

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-03

    申请号:CA2704136

    申请日:2009-02-09

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A state of an input/output (I/O) operation in an I/O processing system is determined. A request for performing the I/O operation is received from an I/O operating system at a channel subsystem and forwarded to a control unit controlling an I/O device for executing the I/O operation. After a predetermined amount of time passes without receiving indication from the control unit that the I/O operation is completed, an interrogation request is received at the channel subsystem from the I/O operating system for determining the state of the I/O operation. An interrogation command is sent from the channel subsystem to the control unit. A response is received from the control unit, the response indicates a state of the I/O device executing the I/O operation, a state of the control unit controlling the I/O device executing the I/O operation, and the state of the I/O operation being executed.

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