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> 	Thanks....I went through the ATAPI-5 specs and found out the details
> regarding the feature regs, hcyl regs etc etc. But I need to know just
> one more thing, is it possible to read by outb-ing, say, D0h to feature
> reg, C2h to cyl_high reg and 4fh to cyl_low reg and inb-ing from status
> register, as per the info in ATAPI spec?

I don't know -- I use the ioctl() interface as in os_linux.c, so I don't
know about more direct (inb/outb) device access.

Cheers,
	Bruce

Hi,
	I tried to go beyond the ioctl() function. Where will be the details
regarding the direct access available?

	Is there someone in the group who can offer a help???

On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 14:21, Bruce Allen wrote:
> > 	Thanks....I went through the ATAPI-5 specs and found out the details
> > regarding the feature regs, hcyl regs etc etc. But I need to know just
> > one more thing, is it possible to read by outb-ing, say, D0h to feature
> > reg, C2h to cyl_high reg and 4fh to cyl_low reg and inb-ing from status
> > register, as per the info in ATAPI spec?
> 
> I don't know -- I use the ioctl() interface as in os_linux.c, so I don't
> know about more direct (inb/outb) device access.
> 
> Cheers,
> 	Bruce
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