Re: Turning on a relay.

2000-04-25 Thread Charles Anderson
Yet another way. I used #include ... io_fd = open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0); ioctl(io_fd, KDENABIO, 0); and ioctl(io_fd, KDDISABIO, 0); to turn it off again. Is there a "right" way of doing it? Linux has a iopl call that sets the i/o privilege level, it seems much easier and at least bette

Re: Turning on a relay.

2000-04-25 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Leif Neland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000425 12:24] wrote: > I'd like to turn on a relay to the power for my laserprinter 3 rooms away > where the server is located. > > I have an i/o board with a 8255 24 bit i/o port.(IIRC) > > So I wrote a simple userland program to do inb/outb, but it dumped cor

Re: Turning on a relay.

2000-04-25 Thread Samuel Tardieu
On 25/04, Leif Neland wrote: | I guess I have these options: | A: write a driver/kernel module to access the port. | B: use an extra parallel port. (I use 2 at the moment) | C: use a serial port; I have 3-4 available. D: use i386_set_ioperm to get access to the I/O port space To Unsubscribe:

RE: Turning on a relay.

2000-04-25 Thread Jason Young
I think you need to have a fd open on /dev/io to do inb/outb. Jason Young Access US(tm) Chief Network Engineer > -Original Message- > From: Leif Neland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 1:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Turning on a relay. > > > I'd