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WaitForDoorbellAck(9)

July 19, 2007 - 1:24am
Submitted by Jeremy on July 19, 2007 - 1:24am.

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    NAME, SYNOPSIS, ARGUMENTS, DESCRIPTION, COPYRIGHT

    "WAITFORDOORBELLACK" "9" "July 2007" "Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.22" "Message-based devices"

    NAME

    WaitForDoorbellAck - Wait for IOC doorbell handshake acknowledge

    SYNOPSIS

    "int WaitForDoorbellAck(MPT_ADAPTER * " "ioc" ", int " "howlong" ", int " "sleepFlag" ");"

    ARGUMENTS

    ioc

    Pointer to MPT_ADAPTER structure
    howlong
    How long to wait (in seconds) sleepFlag Specifies whether the process can sleep

    DESCRIPTION

    This routine waits (up to ~2 seconds max) for IOC doorbell handshake ACKnowledge, indicated by the IOP_DOORBELL_STATUS bit in its IntStatus register being clear.

    Returns a negative value on failure, else wait loop count.

    COPYRIGHT

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