Practice I/o Command Execution (25.4) - Programmed I/O Overview - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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I/O Command Execution

Practice - I/O Command Execution

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

Define Polling in the context of I/O operations.

💡 Hint: Remember, it's about constantly checking the device status.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of a status bit?

💡 Hint: Think of it as a readiness signal.

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Question 1

What is programmed I/O?

A method where the CPU automatically detects devices
A method where CPU directly controls I/O devices
A method that eliminates CPU involvement

💡 Hint: Think about how the CPU interacts with devices.

Question 2

True or False: In isolated I/O, both memory and I/O devices share the same address space.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall the definitions of both I/O addressing methods.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Describe how you would implement a loop in a device service routine to handle polling for a device's readiness.

💡 Hint: What coding structure would you use for continuous checking until a condition is met?

Challenge 2 Hard

Given a memory space of 1MB, explain how many I/O devices can be connected using both memory-mapped and isolated I/O methods.

💡 Hint: What is the relation between address space and device capacity in each scheme?

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