I've looked at this also when trying to fix an IDE DMA issue with my desktop chipset. Couldn't really figure it out at all, and I was only at the kernel level! Euan On 25/07/07, Marcus Overhagen <marcusoverhagen@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to understand how a harddisk access in haiku works, and which layers are responsible for what task. Perhaps someone here (or even Axel or Ingo) knows how it works, and can help me, and complete the picture. user-space write(int fd) / read(int fd) VVVVVV syscall (?) VVVVVV some magic here VVVVVV devfs_write() / devfs_read() VVVVVV IORequest (wrapper class for parameter?) VVVVVV IOSchedulder::Process() (does pass through?) VVVVVV pnp_devfs_driver_info->write() / pnp_devfs_driver_info->write() VVVVVV some /dev/disk/...../raw device (?) missing connections: block cache file cache pnp device nodes SCSI bus manager IDE bus manager user space readv() / writev() more? regards Marcus Viel oder wenig? Schnell oder langsam? Unbegrenzt surfen + telefonieren ohne Zeit- und Volumenbegrenzung? DAS TOP ANGEBOT FÜR ALLE NEUEINSTEIGER Jetzt bei Arcor: günstig und schnell mit DSL - das All-Inclusive-Paket für clevere Doppel-Sparer, nur 34,95 € inkl. DSL- und ISDN-Grundgebühr! http://www.arcor.de/rd/emf-dsl-2