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From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com (Geert Uytterhoeven)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu (Linux kernel),
	linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org (Linux/PPC Development),
	linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (Linux/MIPS Development)
Subject: Re: Proposal: non-PC ISA bus support
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:10:06 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200006202010.VAA22426@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006201254290.8592-100000@dandelion.sonytel.be> from "Geert Uytterhoeven" at Jun 20, 2000 01:21:10 PM

Geert Uytterhoeven writes:
>  1. ISA I/O space is memory mapped on many platforms (e.g. PPC and MIPS). To
>     access it from user space, you cannot plainly use inb() and friends like on
>     PC, but you have to mmap() the correct region of /dev/mem first. This
>     region depends on the machine type and currently there's no simple way to
>     find out from user space.

We've already solved this on ARM.  Check out arch/arm/kernel/isa.c
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From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Cc: Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>,
	Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org>,
	Linux/MIPS Development <linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: Proposal: non-PC ISA bus support
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:10:06 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200006202010.VAA22426@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
Message-ID: <20000620201006.PSTBMuUAcNemsETkr-OkWUJzFQaBaEggPVyfXIHnkZ0@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006201254290.8592-100000@dandelion.sonytel.be> from "Geert Uytterhoeven" at Jun 20, 2000 01:21:10 PM

Geert Uytterhoeven writes:
>  1. ISA I/O space is memory mapped on many platforms (e.g. PPC and MIPS). To
>     access it from user space, you cannot plainly use inb() and friends like on
>     PC, but you have to mmap() the correct region of /dev/mem first. This
>     region depends on the machine type and currently there's no simple way to
>     find out from user space.

We've already solved this on ARM.  Check out arch/arm/kernel/isa.c
   _____
  |_____| ------------------------------------------------- ---+---+-
  |   |         Russell King        rmk@arm.linux.org.uk      --- ---
  | | | |   http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/~rmk/aboutme.html    /  /  |
  | +-+-+                                                     --- -+-
  /   |               THE developer of ARM Linux              |+| /|\
 /  | | |                                                     ---  |
    +-+-+ -------------------------------------------------  /\\\  |

  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-06-20 20:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-06-20 11:21 Proposal: non-PC ISA bus support Geert Uytterhoeven
2000-06-20 12:23 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2000-06-20 12:41   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2000-06-20 13:02     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2000-06-20 13:09       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2000-06-20 13:25   ` De Schrijver Peter
2000-06-20 13:30     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2000-06-21 21:47   ` Michel Lanners
2000-06-20 17:11 ` Frank Rowand
2000-06-20 17:29   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2000-06-20 20:10 ` Russell King [this message]
2000-06-20 20:10   ` Russell King
2000-06-21 23:57 ` Richard Henderson
2000-06-22  6:45   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2000-06-22  7:19     ` Richard Henderson
2000-06-22  7:41       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2000-06-22  8:59         ` Richard Henderson
2000-06-22  9:15           ` Geert Uytterhoeven

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