Re: Getting IOCTL's into VFS File System Drivers

Jeff V. Merkey (jmerkey@timpanogas.com)
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:00:19 -0700


IRP stands for IO Request Packet.

Jeff

Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Here's the FS Control Dispatcher for the NT Version of NWFS on Windows
> > 2000. You will note that there is an IRP for VERIFY_VOLUME. This is
> > the code that actually recovers failing file systems (like FSCK on
> > Linux). Since this interface not well documented, it's no surprise that
> > Michael doesn't know about it.
> >
> > Please look over the attached.
>
> Ouch... AndPeopleComplainThatUNIXIsNotTooEasyToRead... What on the
> Earth does IRP stand for?

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