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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: guillaumelancelin@yahoo.es (Guillaume Lancelin)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Memory access
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:33:35 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E15HSBD-0007s3-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010703144532.11007.qmail@web4201.mail.yahoo.com> from "=?iso-8859-1?q?Guillaume=20Lancelin?=" at Jul 03, 2001 04:45:32 PM

> My question: is the kernel using or protecting this area of the memory,
> and is there a way to deprotect it??? (how dangerous!)

The kernel maps ISA space at different addresses. What address and how it is
accessed depends on the CPU and system

	isa_readb/readw/readl(addr)
	isa/writeb/writew/writel(value,addr)

to read/write 8,16,32 bit values 


	

      parent reply	other threads:[~2001-07-03 15:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-03 14:45 Guillaume Lancelin
2001-07-03 14:51 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2001-07-03 14:54 ` Brian Gerst
2001-07-03 14:56 ` Eli Carter
2001-07-03 14:57 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-07-03 15:33 ` Alan Cox [this message]

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