Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 10 Apr 2002, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > > > BTW, there are some strange code like write to port 0xeb and RECALIBATE > command > > > > in the UTC ide code. Should we remove them or they are actually doing > something > > > > important ?? > > > > I don't have a clue what writing to port 0xeb is about. My hunch is > > that is something chipset specific. > > > This is a common hack for doing time delays.
Duh, I had forgotten that. OK then we should remove it. If we want to use it for delays we can wrap it in a function, but at least on a modern system this looks like a confusing way to do things. Eric
