Re: what is IO controller

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:09:53 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.06.07.13.09.53.71088@sbcglobal.net>

On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:47:31 -0700, unix.guru1 wrote:

> I am little confused about IO controller term used in oracle docs . Can
> someone explain what is IO controller , is it some hardware card ? or
> software feature etc ?

O, the mighty Unix-guru, IO controller is a person, not a thing. In the book "Tommy the tank engine", there is a person called "fat controller". Well, in Unix books there is a person called I/O controller. You should read "Tommy the tank engine", "My pet goat" and "Design & Implementation of BSD 4.4"

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