Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 10:35:17PM +0200, Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote: >> > grub_inb() and grub_outb() are based on the inb()/outb() implementation >> > from glibc headers, so I kept the same arguments for consistency. >> >> I see... Once again inconsistency introduced by Unix folks... as AT&T >> assembler wouldn't be enough, they then poisons C libs too... oh well... >> another thing to try to keep in mind... > > I always thought the Right Way to do this would be implement it in GCC, > so that you can do things like: > > __some_magic__(PORT_ADDR) |= 0x80; > > which is much more beatufil than either of: > > outb (PORT_ADDR, inb (PORT_ADDR) | 0x80); > > outb (inb (PORT_ADDR) | 0x80, PORT_ADDR); > > don't you think? > > (now if someone is bored and takes my suggestion to gcc-patches, that'd make > my day...)
That's possible in C++ using operator overloading AFAIK. Did this commit fix serial support for LB? -- Marco _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
