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Date:      Tue, 8 Aug 95 11:57:42 MDT
From:      terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
To:        ROBIN@ptnsct.nis.za (Robin Hunt)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Accessing i/o map space with freebsd 2.1.0
Message-ID:  <9508081757.AA29919@cs.weber.edu>
In-Reply-To: <950808145946.94e1@ptnsct.nis.za> from "Robin Hunt" at Aug 8, 95 02:59:46 pm

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> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I need to write either a driver or a piece of code with which I can access
> a device in the cpu's io map.
> 
> 1) Is it required that I write I driver
> 2) If not, how can I use outb / inb without creating a bus error?

Open /dev/io.  You need root privs to do this, for obvious reasons.
A process with /dev/io open is permitted to do what you want to do.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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