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SubjectRe: [linux-kernel] Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override.
Windows these days does delays with timing loops or the scheduler.  It 
doesn't use a "port". Also, Windows XP only supports machines that tend
not to have timing problems that use delays. Instead, if a device takes
a while to respond, it has a "busy bit" in some port or memory slot that
can be tested.

Almost all of the issues in Linux where _p operations are used are (or
should be) historical - IMO.

Ondrej Zary wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 January 2008 02:38:15 David P. Reed wrote:
>
>> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>>> And shoot the designer of this particular microcontroller firmware.
>>>
>> Well, some days I want to shoot the "designer" of the entire Wintel
>> architecture... it's not exactly "designed" by anybody of course, and
>> today it's created largely by a collection of Taiwanese and Chinese ODM
>> firms, coupled with Microsoft WinHEC and Intel folks. At least they
>> follow the rules and their ACPI and BIOS code say that they are using
>> port 80 very clearly if you use PnP and ACPI properly. And in the old
>> days, you were "supposed" to use the system BIOS to talk to things like
>> the PIT that had timing issues, not write your own code.
>>
>
> Does anyone know what port does Windows use? I'm pretty sure that it isn't 80h
> as I run Windows 98 often with port 80h debug card inserted. The last POST
> code set by BIOS usually remains on the display and only changes when BIOS
> does something like suspend/resume. IIRC, there was a program that was able
> to display temperature from onboard sensors on the port 80h display that's
> integrated on some mainboards.
>
>


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