i386_get_iopermi386_set_ioperm
- manage per-process access to the i386 I/O port space
LIBRARY
Lb libc
SYNOPSIS
#include <machine/sysarch.h> int
i386_get_ioperm (unsigned int start unsigned int *length int *enable); int
i386_set_ioperm (unsigned int start unsigned int length int enable);
DESCRIPTION
The
i386_get_ioperm ();
system call
will return the permission for the process' I/O port space in the
Fa *enable
argument.
The port range starts at
Fa start
and the number of contiguous entries will be returned in
Fa *length .
The
i386_set_ioperm ();
system call
will set access to a range of I/O ports described by the
Fa start
and
Fa length
arguments to the state specified by the
Fa enable
argument.
RETURN VALUES
Rv -std
ERRORS
The
i386_get_ioperm ();
and
i386_set_ioperm ();
system calls
will fail if:
Bq Er EINVAL
An invalid range was specified by the
Fa start
or
Fa length
arguments.
Bq Er EPERM
The caller of i386_set_ioperm was not the superuser.