On Alpha and Integrity server systems, starts the Fast I/O
    operation. The $IO_PERFORM service completes asynchronously.
    For synchronous completion, use the Perform Fast I/O and Wait
    ($IO_PERFORMW) service.
    This service accepts 64-bit addresses.
    Format
      SYS$IO_PERFORM  fandle ,chan ,iosadr ,bufadr ,buflen ,devdata
    C Prototype
      int sys$io_perform  (unsigned __int64 fandl, unsigned short int
                          chan, struct _iosa *iosadr, void *bufadr,
                          unsigned __int64 buflen, unsigned __int64
                          devdata);
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