Too bad.. as that was a good starting point! Dave
On 1/16/2014 3:40 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: > Am 16.01.2014 um 06:12 schrieb Dave Cole <[email protected]>: > >> On 1/15/2014 9:27 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: >>> On 1/14/2014 8:38 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: >>>> On 1/14/2014 5:34 AM, andy pugh wrote: >>>>> Someone on the forum is trying to write a driver for some onboard GPIO >>>>> that needs to be enabled via an INT 15. The sample assembler is: >>>>> >>>>> MOV AX, 6F08H Sets the digital port as input >>>>> INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H >>>>> >>>>> Is it reasonable/legitimate to do this with inline assembler in a .comp >>>>> file? >>>>> >>>>> Having never tried to use inline assembler, what would it look like? I >>>>> guess we need to put ax back to where it was afterwards? >>>>> >>>>> Is there a linux system call to achieve the same result? >>>> Not to derail this thread from the "I used to have to enter hex machine >>>> instructions by hand with toggle switches, and it was up-hill both >>>> ways!" reminiscing, but it should be OK to do an INT instruction or make >>>> kernel calls in the setup portion of a HAL component. Of course the >>>> execution mode and the interrupt need to agree on things like the >>>> current operating context of the CPU (no calling 16-bit BIOS routines >>>> from 32-bit PAE code!). >>> I was reading a bit more about this today, and apparently how the >>> graphics applications do this is to include a virtual x86 machines for >>> the sole purpose of being able to execute INT calls to the on-board >>> video BIOS for GPUs (which is the only way they can be properly setup on >>> some systems, particularly non-x86 machines with undocumented hardware >>> and closed-source GPU drivers). >>> >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >> That makes sense. But in this GPIO application, unless the INT 15 >> vector pointer has an interrupt service routine already attached to it >> via a driver, to service the I/O, I doubt that running the code below is >> going to have the desired effect. >> >> MOV AX, 6F08H Sets the digital port as input >> INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H > I think the project has been put to rest, despite a way without 'INT 15H' was > found - see rest of thread: > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/24-hal-components/27385-driver-for-hardware-io-port?start=10#42758 > > -m > > >> Dave >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. >> Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For >> Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. >> Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-developers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
