On 11 Aug 2003 17:55:50 -0400
John Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Now it seems to me that using extra machine instructions (asm version)
> or no-op IO is inherently a risky solution to this problem. It would
> appear there is some interval of time one must wait for individual VGA
> bus transactions complete. The number of extra machine instructions
> and/or no-op IO to insert seems to be purely a guess and highly
> dependent on the processor and the bus its sitting on.

I/O space port accesses have well defined strict timing requirements.
If I remember correctly, these timing requirements are specifically
mentioned in the PCI specifications.

Therefore my understanding is that you can depend upon them taking a
specific amount of time to complete.
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