Re: [PATCH] 2.5.17 /dev/ports

From: Sebastian Droege (sebastian.droege@gmx.de)
Date: Wed May 22 2002 - 08:50:00 EST


On Wed, 22 May 2002 14:30:44 +0200
Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com> wrote:

> Uz.ytkownik Padraig Brady napisa?:
> > Martin Dalecki wrote:
> >
> >> Remove support for /dev/port altogether.
> >
> >
> > FYI:
> >
> > [root@pixelbeat padraig]# find /bin /usr/bin /lib /sbin /usr/sbin
> > /usr/lib -maxdepth 1 -type f -perm +111 | xargs grep -l "/dev/port"
> > /sbin/hwclock: util-linux
> > /sbin/kbdrate: util-linux
> > /bin/watchdog: ;-)
>
> Let's have a closer look.
>
[snip]
>
> You can see from the above that the code in question
> is accessing /dev/port only for the Jensen architecture...
This is util-linux 2.11n on x86:

slomosnail:~# kbdrate
Cannot open /dev/port: No such file or directory

slomosnail:~# hwclock
Wed May 22 15:48:50 2002 -0.460607 seconds

Bye


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