Re: IO delay, port 0x80, and BIOS POST codes

Martin Wilck (Martin.Wilck@fujitsu-siemens.com)
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:46:02 +0100 (CET)


On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Thunder from the hill wrote:

> I also remember this been discussed anually. Making it configurable with
> a warning might be a solution, but that's nothing we could decide. Maybe
> add a config option? It night be a [DANGEROUS] one, so the guys and gals
> who might compile are warned of changing this.

It doesn't even have to be a config option - a line

/* Port used for dummy writes for I/O delays */
/* Change this only if you know what you're doing ! */
#define DUMMY_IO_PORT 0x80

in a header file would perfectly suffice.

Martin

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