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<concept id="GUID-4DAC39E0-2EC2-40F7-9AEF-4FDA09F1A151" xml:lang="en"><title>Asynchronous
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Requests</title><shortdesc>This document discusses the use of asynchronous requests by device
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drivers.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
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<p>An asynchronous request is typically used to start an operation on a device
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that completes at a later point of time. It returns immediately after starting
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the operation on the device or making a request to the driver. The user side
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thread is not blocked and can continue with other operations, including issuing
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other requests (synchronous or asynchronous). </p>
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<p>A driver lists the available asynchronous request types in an enumeration. </p>
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</conbody></concept>