Subject: Re: WD8013 died (SMC howto fix)
To: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
From: Phil Knaack <flipk@ncremp.ag.iastate.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/17/1996 22:03:07
>> 	All you had to do to outb() to the lpt port is 
 
>> 		(1) #include <machine/pio.h>
>> 		(2) open("/dev/io", O_RDWR)   (have to be root of course)
>> 		(3) outb(0x3bc, VALUE)
 
>> 	I never had to mess with i386_iopl.

>Unless I'm mistaken, this is a deprecated interface, and will cease to
>be supported at some point in the future.

>cgd

Aha! Useful information I didn't know.

I guess it sure makes sense. It has occured to me that opening /dev/io was
a little too all-or-nothing.

Cheers,
Phil
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