Where are inb/outb macros?
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Mon Oct 8 18:11:35 EST 2007
On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 00:09 -0700, Misbah khan wrote:
> inb/outb could be used from the usr space on x86 class PC-computer to access
> to io ports this is what i assume that you are trying
>
> You need to compile the program with -O option (expantion of Inline function
> )
>
> To perform io operation on ports ioprem/iopl system call must be used (To
> get permissio to perform io operation)
>
> Program must run as root
>
> on non 86 platform try using /dev/port device file in the application
"io ports" don't mean much on non-x86 platforms (or rather can have
multiple meanings) which is why I'm asking what is he trying to od in
the first place.
Ben.
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