5.12 Shared Buffer Request Byte
This table describes the bits of the shared buffer request bytes. This
byte is updated by the 4684 microprocessor after each access of the
message buffer.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
¦ Table 5-6. Shared Buffer Request Byte ¦
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¦ Bit ¦ Definition ¦
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ Bit 7 ¦ 1 = Diagnostic self-test request. ¦
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ Bit 6 ¦ 1 = Read and process the "timer function" bytes. ¦
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ Bit 5 ¦ 1 = Read and process the "loop mode" byte. ¦
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ Bit 4 ¦ 1 = Process the "transmit message(s)" held in the shared ¦
¦ ¦ buffer. ¦
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ Bit 3 ¦ 1 = Read and process the "timer/transmit function" bytes. ¦
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ Bit 2 ¦ 1 = Internal 8051 storage dump request. ¦
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ Bit 1 ¦ 1 = Read EC level request. ¦
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦ Bit 0 ¦ 1 = Read and process the "loop address" bytes. ¦
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4684 Store Loop Adapter/A
Shared Buffer Request Byte
¦ Copyright IBM Corp. 1991
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