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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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