Re: getting rid of iopl(3) in XFree86

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:31:44 -0800 (PST)

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I don't see the big reason to get rid of iopl() in Xfree86, as Xfree does
need IO access rights anyway. I'd rather have iopl() in X than try to be
too clever in the kernel (and starting to virtually remap the TSS just to
get a larger iomap area sounds like trying to be clever for the wrong
reasons).

Linus

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