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From: pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts)
Subject: Re: Looking for a routine.
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References: <1993Oct23.022017.10698@serval.net.wsu.edu> <CFBzIw.6LI@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <MIKE.LONG.93Oct25184453@cthulhu.analog.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 15:24:16 GMT
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In article <MIKE.LONG.93Oct25184453@cthulhu.analog.com> Mike Long <Mike.Long@Analog.com> writes:
>In article <CFBzIw.6LI@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) writes:
>
>>I in my quest to get my Diamond SpeedStar 24 graphics card working I am looking
>>at some code from Linux. This code uses a routine called ioperm like:
>>
>>void perm_ports(int perm)
>>{
>> ioperm(0x3c2, 1, perm);
>> ioperm(0x3cc, 1, perm);
>
>The only way I can think of to reproduce this program in NetBSD is to call
>ioctl() to gain exclusive access to the serial port (tty) in question, and then
>use the /dev/mem interface to access the ports. I'm still trying to figure out
My solution was to use ioctl() to set the ports permission and everything
worked fine from there! I am now runinng a Diamond SpeedStar 24 at
full resolution and have full use of the programmable clock.
Jim