Re: inb_p and inb

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, [iso-8859-2] Krystian Bac=B3awski wrote:
> What is the formal difference between inb_p and inb. Does inb_p has a
> special purpose or it's a common alias for inb. I ask because I noticed
> that net/8390.c uses inb_p and outb_p where net/apne.c uses inb and out=
b.=20

The *_p() variants contain some extra delay. This was/is needed on some v=
ery
old ISA implementations. Just ignore them for Amiga.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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