Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Rio fs | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 03 Nov 1999 09:40:23 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
Greg> Why do all the rio tools insist on doing raw port inb/outb's?
Greg> We have this nice parport layer for sharing parallel ports Greg> between devices, and the rio of all things is extremely likely Greg> to be connected in parallel with other devices like plip or Greg> lp. This would also solve the problem of the user-space process Greg> being preempted and not being ready when needed to service the Greg> port.
Most likely due to lack of knowledge about parport from the author's side ... well thats my guess at least. Doing it for other reasons is broken.
Jes
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