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From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Svein Erling Seldal <Svein.Seldal@edcom.no>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: readw() access
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 16:44:15 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B686A1F.B2409245@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <NEBBLKFNEDOFBCDCJMLKCEAKCEAA.Svein.Seldal@edcom.no>

Svein Erling Seldal wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to port a driver from 2.2.x to 2.4.x where I previously has used
> readw() to read the contents of the memory-adresses 0x408-0x40c (Where the
> BIOS gives you the adr. for the par-ports.) But on 2.4.x readw(0x408) Oops:
> 
> "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
> 00000408"
> 
> How do you read a memory-address like this?
> 
> Svein Erling Seldal

Use isa_readw() or ioremap().

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				Brian Gerst

      reply	other threads:[~2001-08-01 20:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-01 20:33 readw() access Svein Erling Seldal
2001-08-01 20:44 ` Brian Gerst [this message]

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