Re: request_region for MMIO?

Jes Sorensen (Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch)
01 Feb 1999 14:07:37 +0100


>>>>> "Geert" == Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> writes:

Geert> Is it OK to use request_region() for claiming memory mapped I/O
Geert> registers?

Certainly not.

Geert> Is there any good reason why

Geert> | typedef struct resource_entry_t { | u_long from, num; ^^^^^^
Geert> | const char *name; | struct resource_entry_t *next; | }
Geert> resource_entry_t;

Geert> while get_ioport_list() uses `%04lx' to print the claimed
Geert> regions? This makes me think I should use request_region() for
Geert> `PC' I/O port regions only.

Correct

Jes

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