Subject: Re: Dumb question inb,outb/bus_space_read,write
To: samuel Lellouche <samuel.Lellouche@epita.fr>
From: R. C. Dowdeswell <elric@mabelode.imrryr.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/13/2000 15:15:16
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samuel Lellouche wrote:
>
>is it beter to do do some bus_space)read/write, than doing simple inb/outb?
Yes.
>if yes why?
inb() and outb() do not work on arbitrary machines, such as the alpha. (And
these machines support all the same busses as PCs.)
>is it dangerous to simply call inb/outb ?
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