From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::CRVAX.SRI.COM::RELAY-INFO-VAX" 25-FEB-1992 00:00:27.51 To: ARISIA::EVERHART CC: Subj: Re: RDB program won't run detached, Why ? From: RELAY-INFO-VAX@CRVAX.SRI.COM@SMTP@CRDGW2 To: Everhart@Arisia@MRGATE Received: by crdgw1.ge.com (5.57/GE 1.123) id AA28994; Mon, 24 Feb 92 23:12:32 EST Received: From UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU by CRVAX.SRI.COM with TCP; Mon, 24 FEB 92 19:35:39 PST Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.63/1.43) id AA25242; Mon, 24 Feb 92 19:21:47 -0800 Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for info-vax@kl.sri.com (info-vax@kl.sri.com) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 20 Feb 92 20:12:04 GMT From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU!CARL@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Carl J Lydick) Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera Subject: Re: RDB program won't run detached, Why ? Message-Id: <1992Feb20.201204.3075@cco.caltech.edu> References: <1992Feb19.084556.28943@lth.se>, <3954.29a2810f@prowest.propress.com>, <1992Feb20.150323.23790@cco.caltech.edu>, Sender: info-vax-request@kl.sri.com To: info-vax@kl.sri.com In article , dyess@ferranti.com (greg dyess) writes: >In article <1992Feb20.150323.23790@cco.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes: >> >>Well, I'm sure that RDB has the ability to cause VMS bugchecks; it DOES use >>RMS doesn't it? And RMS has been known to bugcheck under certain conditions. > >I have it from DEC that Rdb does NOT use RMS. It calls QIO's directly >to avoid the (minimal) overhead of RMS, since it doesn't need anything >which RMS provides and QIOs do not. > >This makes some sense to me, and it came from a DEC RMS person so I >would tend to believe it. However, I could be wrong, so, anyone with >direct knowlege (DECies) please update me if I am incorrect. OK. Then I'll point out that at least two instances (zero-length directories and non-contiguous directories) in which RMS has been known to cause a bugcheck was when it called the ACP/QIO interface and the ACP bugchecked. The point remains, RDB CAN cause real VMS bugchecks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXes and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.