Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 May 2002 07:58:04 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.17 /dev/ports |
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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> Uz.ytkownik Russell King napisa?: > > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 12:13:05PM +0200, Martin Dalecki wrote: > > > >>And now I'm just eagerly awaiting the first clueless > >>l^Huser lurking on this list, who will flame me as usuall... > >>But that's no problem - I got already used to it :-). > > > > > > I'm waiting on Phil Blundell to notice - I think /dev/port may get used > > on ARM to emulate inb() and outb() from userspace; I don't look after > > glibc so shrug. > > > > I agree however that /dev/port is a rotten interface that needs to go. > > > > Hmm still not flames? Do they all sleep right now? > > - Should I perhaps tell what I think about the glibc bloat^W coding style? > > - Should I perhaps tell how "usefull" the GNU extensions to the POSIX > standards in question are? > > - Or a side note about RH's slang and popt and other useless "required" > shared libraries? > > - Is there maybe some Python module using /dev/port for precisely > the purpose you mention. (This is actually a good candidate.) > > Anyway, dear Russell (plese note the double ll!): > > [root@kozaczek glibc-2.2.5]# find ./ -name "*.[ch]" -exec grep \/dev\/port > /dev/null {} \; > [root@kozaczek glibc-2.2.5]# > > [root@kozaczek glibc-2.2.5]# find ./ -name "*.[ch]" -exec grep \"port\" > /dev/null {} \; > ./hesiod/nss_hesiod/hesiod-service.c: return lookup (portstr, "port", protocol, > serv, buffer, buflen, errnop); > [root@kozaczek glibc-2.2.5]# > [root@kozaczek glibc-2.2.5]# find ./ -name "*.[ch]" -exec grep outb\( /dev/null > {} \; > [root@kozaczek glibc-2.2.5]# > > So I rather think that glibc may be bloated but it's not idiotic and > we have nothing to fear from it ;-)... well this time at least... > As far as I know (and I know little about ARM). It would be anwyay > unnatural to use /dev/port for the purpose you mention. > ARM io space is memmory mapped, so if any file you would > rather use /dev/kmem... > > Still no flames? This silence makes me suspicious.... >
Yawn...
Cheers, Dick Johnson
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