From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265255AbUGGRuL (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:50:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265256AbUGGRuL (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:50:11 -0400 Received: from monster.roma2.infn.it ([141.108.255.100]:481 "EHLO monster.roma2.infn.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265255AbUGGRuH (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:50:07 -0400 From: "Emiliano 'AlberT' Gabrielli" Reply-To: AlberT@SuperAlberT.it Organization: SuperAlberT.it To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: difference between ports Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:50:00 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20040707171452.9714.qmail@web53201.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040707171452.9714.qmail@web53201.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200407071950.00690.AlberT@SuperAlberT.it> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 19:14, mercoledì 7 luglio 2004, you wrote: > I would like to know if there are any difference > between I/O ports such as serial port, parallel port, > keyboard and ide from those ones used by network > interface, such as ssh, ftp, http and telnet. Both can > be accessed by check_region(), request_region() and > release_region() functions? If not, what functions can > be used to access those ports in kernel mode? ehmm .. you are a bit confused I guess .. you are confusing at least 3 different meanings of the term "port"... kernel functions you cite refer to the I/O ports (different from serials, parallels and keyborad) --