Annotation of researchv10dc/man/man8/kmc.8, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .TH KMC 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: kmc, kdiload, kmcdump \- control KMC11 input/output processors
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/kdiload
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I dev
        !             9: [
        !            10: .I file
        !            11: ] ]
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: .B /etc/kmcdump
        !            14: [
        !            15: .I dev
        !            16: ]
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: These commands control the KMC11-B
        !            19: microprocessors
        !            20: used for Datakit protocol processing.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: .I Kdiload
        !            23: resets KMC device
        !            24: .IR dev ,
        !            25: copies the microcode in
        !            26: .IR file
        !            27: into the KMC's memory,
        !            28: and starts the KMC.
        !            29: .I Dev
        !            30: may be a pathname
        !            31: or a single character key
        !            32: identifying the KMC;
        !            33: the default is
        !            34: .LR 2 .
        !            35: .I File
        !            36: defaults to that specified in
        !            37: .F /etc/kmctab
        !            38: if a single character key is used,
        !            39: .F /etc/dkk.dubhi
        !            40: otherwise.
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: .I Kmcdump
        !            43: stops the KMC
        !            44: and copies its state into files
        !            45: in the working directory.
        !            46: .I Dev
        !            47: may be a single character key
        !            48: or a pathname;
        !            49: the default is
        !            50: .LR 2 .
        !            51: The KMC's memory is copied to the file
        !            52: .BI core. k . nnn\c
        !            53: ,
        !            54: where
        !            55: .I k
        !            56: is the keyletter
        !            57: and
        !            58: .I nnn
        !            59: is some number;
        !            60: the state of the KMC's registers and some trace information from Unix
        !            61: is written to
        !            62: .BI regs. k . nnn\c
        !            63: \&.
        !            64: .PP
        !            65: These commands search the file
        !            66: .F /etc/kmctab
        !            67: for KMC devices and microcode files.
        !            68: The file contains lines of
        !            69: three blank-separated fields:
        !            70: .PP
        !            71: .RS
        !            72: single character identifying this KMC
        !            73: .br
        !            74: full pathname of the KMC device file
        !            75: .br
        !            76: full pathname of the microcode to be used in this KMC
        !            77: .RE
        !            78: .PP
        !            79: The KMC with key
        !            80: .I K
        !            81: uses Datakit special files with names like
        !            82: .BI /dev/dk/dk K 03\c
        !            83: \&.
        !            84: If there is only one KMC for Datakit,
        !            85: its key is
        !            86: .LR 2 .
        !            87: If the only KMC is the only Datakit interface in a machine,
        !            88: its key is
        !            89: .LR 2 ,
        !            90: and its special files look like
        !            91: .BR /dev/dk/dk03 .
        !            92: .SH FILES
        !            93: .F /etc/kmctab
        !            94: .br
        !            95: .F /bin/kasb
        !            96: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            97: .IR dkmgr (8)
        !            98: .SH BUGS
        !            99: For the moment,
        !           100: the only permissible keys are
        !           101: .L 0
        !           102: and
        !           103: .LR 2 .
        !           104: The KMC and Datakit filename conventions
        !           105: are arcane,
        !           106: and based on obsolete notions;
        !           107: they should be replaced.

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