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Date:      Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:53:50 -0500
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fix pnpinfo on arch=amd64
Message-ID:  <4CC4649E.3060805@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimbmoX%2BN8eNWJ4VtVerKTkVPuJgTAttsZsKL8tE@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20101024002248.GA73346@freebsd.org>	<AANLkTinzn1r3qn3d7MoVhZPNOo6OHDfF-0KVrLN%2BC516@mail.gmail.com>	<20101024115712.GA61342@freebsd.org> <AANLkTimbmoX%2BN8eNWJ4VtVerKTkVPuJgTAttsZsKL8tE@mail.gmail.com>

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On 10/24/10 11:14, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>
>> well on i386/amd (pc98?) you could use i386_get_ioperm(2) to check for proper
>> io permissions.
>>      
>      Yeah, and it's x86 specific. Kind of curious why there isn't a
> more generalized name for this API, but it appeared to be geared
> towards x86 (today, not so much according to LEGACY in io(4)).
>
>    
That's because the whole concept is very x86-specific. For example, at 
least PowerPC and ARM don't even have a concept of IO space as distinct 
from memory, and /dev/io is something that only exists on i386, amd64, 
pc98, and ia64 (i.e. Intel products).
-Nathan



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