HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ins217t@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !)
Subject: Re: Assembler help needed. Real bad like.
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:10:33 GMT

cs911461@ariel.yorku.ca (CHRISTIAN D. ARMOUR) writes:

>1) I'm using as86 because it uses the mnemonics which I like
>and am used to (Intel 8086).  Should I use the slightly weird
>gas instead?  How can I learn how to use it?  Where are the

Erm, depends...You'll need to do a lot of adjustment, since gas
uses AT&T assembler format instead of intel format...
ie. you do MOV 1,%eax instead of MOV AX,1 ...Damn annoying !
They taught us this first semester this year, on 386's running
ESIX (silly)...then I decided to try using my "experience" (ha)
in DOS...took a while to get used to Intel format again...8-(

Enjoy !

Cos !
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			ins217t@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au
			cos@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
"Language is a virus from outer space" - William S. Burroughs
From: knw7719@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.N. Waterman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Video Card - STB Evolution
Date: 22 Nov 92 18:02:09 GMT
Reply-To: knw7719@ultb.rit.edu ()
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Originator: knw7719@ultb

Hi,

	I have an Insight 386dx system.  I want to run Linux on it.
I have the STB Evolution 24bit card.  Can I run X-Windows on this
machine with this Video Card??????

Iv'e been looking for a list of current vidoe drivers for Linux and
X-Windows.

Thanks

Ken W.
From: bsp10@cd.amdahl.com (Byong Pak)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: sls problems
Date: 20 Nov 92 18:30:41 GMT
Reply-To: bsp10@duts.ccc.amdahl.com
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA


In article <d0Se02of2bCH01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, bsp10@cd.amdahl.com
(Byong Pak) writes:
>I just got the SLS stuff downloaded from tsx-11.  I am pretty sure I
>got all 
>the latest stuff (Actually I got some of the older p4 version then
>checked 
>the dir listing for modification dates and got the p5 version)  Anyhow,
>while
>I was installing some problems came up.  
>
>1.  There always seems to be a problem with no such file /user/*.tar ??
>at
>     the end of each disk.... Is this a problem or just a catch-all
>that I 
>     need not worry about.

I still don't know the answer to this one...

>
>2.  The directory /dev is not created but is tried to installed to during 
>    the install.
>
>3.  (after I created a /dev and installed again), couln't do a chmod on 
>    /dev/kmem

These were fixed with the dev.tar 

>
>5.  After the install, and a newly created floppy disk was made, I tried 
>    booting from the floppy... It did't work, It got as far as checking the 
>    partitions and then just hung there....
>

This was also fixed with the dev.tar stuff

So now I have a working linux system.  However, there are some problems still. 
X does not run.... I get something like this.

no SIOCGIFCONF
<standard startup stuff>

xinit: cannot connect to X server


or something similar to that... I don't have the exact words..

Another problem i have is with lilo.... This is my situation....

/dev/hda1  dos
/dev/hda2  linux /
/dev/hda3  linux /usr
/dev/hda4  linux swap

so I booted linux from the floppy of the sls, built and installed lilo, moved 
the Image from / to /etc (why is the image put in / anyhow?) and ran lilo like 
this

lilo -i /etc/lilo/boot.b \
	linux=/etc/Image \
	msdos=<whatever string was for msdos>

It seemed to work untill I rebooted.  At that point I would get some errors 
about the kernal syncing or something about the swap space.... and then 
it just hangs with a kernal panic....

Any Ideas?

Thanks
Byong
* Byong "the pakman" Pak             * These opinions are my own and do *
*        aka                         *   not reflect the opinions or    *
*  email:  bsp10@duts.ccc.amdahl.com *    policies of Amdahl Corp.      *
*  phone:  408-746-7871              *                                  *
From: jeb0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JAMES ELLIS BEARCE)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: LILO Installation
Date: 20 Nov 92 19:33:14 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Ok, second problem I'm having with SLS 98pl5,  I've tried to install
LILO in order to get rid of this annoying floppy boot disk...

Anyway, I installed LILO on the Linux partition, (which is partition
#2 on my one and only hard drive), as well as the MBR...  Now, when I
set Linux as the active partition, and attempt to boot, it gets as far
as starting to boot Linux, and then I get all kinds of kernal
panics...  Of course I didn't write any of them down, so I will have
to go and do that when I have the time, but I'm hoping someone might
have an idea...

Thank you...

James E. Bearce
Undergraduate, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Lehigh University
jeb0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale)
Subject: Re: Mitsumi CDROM support
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:38:55 GMT

In article <Bxx8DE.HH3@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>I just got a Radio Shack CDROM because it was cheap ($200). It seems to
>be a mitsumi, at the driver software has MITSUMI in it. The
>interface is a very plain card that looks like it just has a couple of
>i/o ports on it. It's not scsi. Does anyone have more documentation on
>the interface, or source code for drivers?

	Not that I know of.  As I understand it, this is a proprietary
interface of one kind or another.  If someone could figure out the details, it
might not be that hard to add a linux driver, but for now you will be limited
to DOS.

-- 
Eric Youngdale
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: sscalsk@nswc-wo.? (Stanley Scalsky)
Subject: Networking?
Organization: NSWC White Oak
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 12:02:09 GMT


Having successfully configured a machine to run linux with X I have been
trying to configure networking but some details are not clear. Has there
been any discussion on recommended network setup and/or install procedures?
I havent found much in the docs area that discusses networking. I currently
have an WD8013EP card installed with parameters matching the kernel code.
All telnet attempts generate Network unreachable so I have not configured
something. In /etc/inet there is a binary for config - but have been unable
to locate the source. This would probably do the job but its action is 
unclear. All attempts give protocol not supported. Can anyone provide
some pointers?

	Current config: 386DX 40MHz 8M Ram 105M IDE Hard Disk
	                SLS release with No SCSI and with networking
 			  per instructions.
			WD8013EP networking card (0x280/IRQ 5/D0000)

-= stan    sscalsk@nswc-wo.navy.mil

P.S. If no install docs exists for network install I'd be interested
     in contributing a writeup on this procedure - if theres interest.




Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: YD45@BR1.HRZ.TH-DARMSTADT.DE (Pereira, Carlos)
Subject: Pro Audio Spectrum 16 under Linux ?
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:37:09 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24
Organization: TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DARMSTADT, GERMANY

Hello world,
I own a Proaudio Spectrum 16 and want to use SB Sound Driver for Linux.
Under Dos you need a driver to initialize the card. Has someone fixed the
problem ?
The card has a SCSI-Adapter. Is this part supported ?

Carlos Pereira
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: meetch@DIALix.oz.au (Mitchell Brandsma)
Subject: Re: tcsh bug
Organization: DIALix Services, Perth, Western Australia
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 12:42:48 GMT
Keywords: tcsh

In <7080@news.duke.edu> sdj@acpub.duke.edu (SCOTT JOHNSON) writes:

>I recently downloaded tcsh 6.02, and installed it on my Linux 0.98pl1
>system.  It works fine for the most part, but whenever I try to run 'pwd', I
>get a core dump.  Was this fixed in one of the bug fixes, and if so how do I
>install them?  Thank you very much! (Please reply to sdj@acpub.duke.edu).

>--Scott
>sdj@acpub.duke.edu

I have it on good authority that 6.03 is on the verge of release... It
compiles straight "out of the box". :)

	- Mitchell Brandsma (meetch@DIALix.oz.au :)
From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: FAQ please
Date: 19 Nov 92 01:24:07 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

tsuanian@cc.curtin.edu.au writes:
>Could somebody out ther please post me the FAQ to this group,
>or at least let me know where I can get it.  Thanks in
>advance.

Look for an article with the following subject, and read it for
further instructions:

Subject: META-FAQ: Linux sources of information

That article is posted once a week, every Monday.

(Perhaps I should post it daily?)

--
Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi  (finger wirzeniu@klaava.helsinki.fi)
   MS-DOS, you can't live with it, you can live without it.
From: axi0349@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.X. Ivasyuk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Serial port problems with 0.98pl5
Date: 22 Nov 92 19:27:21 GMT
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Originator: axi0349@ultb

Greetings,
  I upgraded to 0.98pl5 last night from 0.98pl3, and although this fixed
things like xv crashing the X11 server, my serial I/O went to hell.  The
serial mouse (Logitech series 9) works fine off ttys2, but my roommate's
external Zoom 14.4K refuses to echo anything back other than garbage.
I used to be able to dial out at 19.2K with no errors on my 16450's, but
now I can't even dial out at 2400.  I was wondering if anyone has
experienced anything like this with pl5.

My setup:  0.98pl5, +tcpip, -scsi, + extfs patch 6, + tcp/ip patches 1-3.
	   Am386/40, 8 MB, with multi I/O 2HD/2FD/2 serial/1 parallel card
		with 16450's on the serial ports.

Thanks in advance.

-Anatoly
-- 
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   anatoly@nick.csh.rit.edu || axi0349@ultb.rit.edu || axi0349@ritvax.rit.edu

                  You say you haven't heard of CSH?  You will...
From: asb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Andrew Stuart Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Does X11 support WD90C31?
Keywords: X, WD90C31, Gateway 20000
Date: 15 Nov 92 14:45:49 GMT
Organization: Nottingham University

> Does X11 support WC90C31 ?
It supports the WD90C30, which I assume yours is compatible with. The chipset
is "pvga". The only problems I had were with the monitor settings. I strongly
advise using the 'modegen' spreadsheets to generate the appropriate settings.
If I remember correctly you can find them in 'pub/linux/packages/SLS/x4' called
modegen.taz or something equally as obvious.


Good luck.

-Andy (asb@cs.nott.ac.uk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: system-0.98.tar.Z
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, WIBSTR
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:31:43 GMT

I have uploaded the file system-0.98.tar.Z to tsx-11.mit.edu (watch
for an announcement of location) and sunsite.unc.edu (currently in
pub/Linux/Incoming).

This is the package of miscellaneous Linux utilities that I mentioned
recently.  It contains all the small little system utilities that
everyone seems to have a hard time finding, and some bonuses.  The
listing:

system-0.98/CREDITS
system-0.98/Makefile
system-0.98/README
system-0.98/README.setfdprm
system-0.98/README.setserial
system-0.98/doshell.c
system-0.98/ed.c
system-0.98/etc
system-0.98/etc/fdprm
system-0.98/fdformat.c
system-0.98/fdisk.c
system-0.98/frag.c
system-0.98/fsck.c
system-0.98/kill.c
system-0.98/makehole.c
system-0.98/mkfs.c
system-0.98/mkswap.c
system-0.98/more.c
system-0.98/more.help
system-0.98/pathnames.h
system-0.98/setfdprm.c
system-0.98/setroot.c
system-0.98/setserial.c
system-0.98/setterm.c
system-0.98/sync.c
system-0.98/update.c
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: ajedgar@quantum.on.ca (Andrew Edgar)
Subject: Re: Flopticals under Linux??
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 23:10:27 GMT
Organization: Quantum Software Systems
Summary: floptical initialization
Keywords: SCSI, Floptical, drivers

In article <shanea.722248971@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> shanea@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Shane Alderton) writes:
[stuff...]
>Could anyone who has a supported SCSI controller with a floptical
>drive attached to it (instead of to the Grassroots controller) PLEASE
>mail me and let me know whether their configuration works or not?

The Insite Floptical people want to enforce the Floptical's use as 
a "floppy" type device instead of a removable Winchester.  In order
to do this they make the device inaccessible until it is sent a special
"Hey, I know you're a Floptical and I know what I'm doing" message which
is: "1a 00 2e 00 2a 00"  (SCSI mode sense, page 2eH, length 2aH).

Eric would have to add this to the Adaptec driver -- if he hasn't already
(I have the data sheet if you want me to fax it to you).

>
>I would very much appreciate any responses at all along these lines.
>
>Regards,
>
>Shane Alderton
  --aj

#include <std.disclaimer>

>shanea@extro.ucc.su.oz.au
Andrew Edgar                    | QNX \kyu-niks\ noun [Quantum's Networking
R & D                           | eXecutive] (ca 1982): a compact, modular,
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ajedgar@qnx.com                 | system with distributed processing.




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                                       Kanata, Ontario  K2M 1W8  Canada 
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: amb43790@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tony Brummett)
Subject: Need help with X and Paradise video
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 00:52:36 GMT

  I've got all the X files copied to the right places, now all I need are
the timing values for my Paradise video card. I need them for 640x480 and
1024x768. The monitor I'm using is not an SVGA monitor, which is why I need
the timings for both modes.

Thanks in advance.
Tony
-- 
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                        Sample Scheme Program:
(((((cadar '((cdr car) foo)) '(cdr car)) '(car . cadr)) '(car display error))
(list->string (cons (caddr '(Bar Hate I)) (cons (cadr '(You Hate)) '(Scheme)))))
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: Dave.Deavours@f303.n232.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Deavours)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Connection to echo
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:43:24 -0800

 RL> All we've gotten of the LINUX echo in the last week is 
 RL> the occasional message from a Canadian FidoNet site.  
 RL> What's going on with the traffic?  Is anyone else 
 RL> experiencing this problem?

Yep.  Same here.

Dave


 * Origin: PBS BBS Node 3 (1:232/303)
From: gbh@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Da Hubster!!!)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Seyon
Date: 20 Nov 1992 14:28:39 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

frank@atlas.physchem.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de (Frank Siegert) writes:

>kranz@cs.tulane.edu (Barry Kranz) writes:

>>Although I have been able to compile the X app Seyon, everytime I
>>execute it I get a "killed by signal 11" error, has anyone gotten
>>this to work?

>>Any help would be greatly appreciated!

>>thanx
>>krnz@thor.cs.tulane.edu

>I got the same error. It looks like XtInitApplication blows the thing up
>(segment violation) in seyon-cmd. Funny because the parameters for this
>function are all valid (checked with gdb). Since I have successfully
>compiled X apps on my machine I suspect something is rotten in Denmark...

>Maybe some kind soul has a solution for this. 

>Don't let the SUN go down on you

>Frank


I had grabed it about a day a go and compiled it following the instructions
and I got no errors, no Problems, and a perfectlly good running product...

Sorry I can be bo help...
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: tthorn@daimi.aau.dk (Tommy Thorn)
Subject: Re: BSD filesystems? Xenix FS? X11 on hercules screen?
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 14:29:28 GMT

eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:

>	BSD: no.  Xenix: yes, there is a filesystem.  I have toyed with the
>idea of writing a filesystem for linux that would understand a BSD ufs
>filesystem but the differences are so great between the bsd VFS layer and the
>linux VFS layer that it would be easier to hack the minix filesystem to
>understand ufs than to try and port the ufs filesystem.  I have not decided if
>I want to do this or not.

I too was toying with the idea of a better filesystem. I've looked
into FFS (from BSD) and LFS (from Sprite). While it's correct,
that it might be easier to clone the Minix filesystem to use UFS
structures, I fear some of the points of UFS would be lost and
performens wouldn't be as expected.

If someone was going into LFS, they would also need special
support from the buffer cache (such as being able to change
the disk address of demand loaded pages). LFS is the way to
go *if* you have enough memory (IMHO ~ 16Mb). As this might
not be the case for the casual Linux user, I would concentrate
on FFS. Also, it would be nice to be able to share filesystem
between Linux and 386BSD.

As we finally got decent SCSI drivers (Thank you, Erik), the Minix
filesystem, and the extended one even more so, has become the
blocking factor. We need a better filesystem.


>-Eric
>-- 
>Eric Youngdale
-- 
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Join the League for Pro- | Linux is Posix (Unix). It has GCC,Emacs,X11,TCP,NFS,
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: kranz@cs.tulane.edu (Barry Kranz)
Subject: Is there a list of mice which Xconfig can recognize?
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-1937]: okeanos
Keywords: mouse, mice
Organization: Computer Science Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 21:44:51 GMT

Hey-
    I was wondering if anyone out there was able to post a list of all
mice that Xconfig would recognize.  I have a three button mouse which
works as a Microsoft three button emulator mouse, however it already
has three buttons.  Can anyone help?

thanx in advance,
Kranz@thor.cs.tulane.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen)
Subject: Re: Terminal emulator Linux <--> DOS
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 01:06:28 GMT

In article <ins217t.721866023@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au> ins217t@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !) writes:
>Yeah, I wouldn't mind a similar thing, for the same reason exactly !
>
>
>Ta heeps
>
>Cos !
>
>-- 
>Andrew J. Cosgriff !	ins217t@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au
>			ins217t@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au
>			cos@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
>"Language is a virus from outer space" - William S. Burroughs


My response was a resounding: use kermit!  Really, I feel kinda
stupid for not thinking of it myself since kermit is what I
use under linux and on the Sun at work.  Anyway, kermit has good
terminal emulation and is free.  Can't ask for much more than that!

- Ken
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: adlerl@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Lutz-H. Adler)
Subject: SLS .98 + 8514
Keywords: 8514
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:18:53 GMT
Summary: 8514 needs unknown lib

I've installed the package from SLS plus XLinux.8514. But when I start
it, it is looking for a library named '/lib/libm.so.2.2' . I was not
able to this library up to now. My hardware is a 486/33 and the videocard
is a miroCRYSTALL which support 8514/a register-compatibility. In that
way it should run, but may be the only barrier is the missing library.
Any experience with this problems ?

Lutz Adler      e-mail : adlerl@infomatik.tu-muenchen.de

Thanks for reading this ... LA.

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: chojnows@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Brian Chojnowski)
Subject: Re: basic vga 640x480 in X
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:26:22 GMT
Keywords: X vga 640x480

browland@nyx.cs.du.edu (Brent Rowland) writes:



>  I just installed the SLS .98.1 and am having difficulty getting
>X to go anywhere.  The graphics card is rather limited, having
>the oddball REALTEK chip set and only 256K of memory.  I would really
>like to at least get it going in standard vga 640x480 mode, but I
>don't know what to put in the Xconfig file.  The 256K of memory
>will limit it to 16 colors in anything over 640x400.  Any suggestions/
>complete Xconfig files :-> will be most welcome.

>Thanks,

>Brent "I want a Unix Word Processor" Rowland     browland@nyx.cs.du.edu


I would also like to know if there is support for normal 640x480 16 clr VGA.
	Brian
From: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: networking advice or how I got everything working
Date: 22 Nov 1992 00:39:09 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu



this might interest a few of you. In the tcpip suites (i.e.
tcpip-0.8[.1].tar.Z or b4/tcpip.taz under SLS) there is a shell
script called rc.net in /usr/etc/inet
which is called by rc.local during boot up.
Make sure that you set the execute bit for this shell script is set.
Otherwise, the daemons will not be executed. You could also add
a 'sh' in front of rc.net in rc.local. I hope this helps someone
out. I spent many a frustrated hour last night getting things up
and running. But it was worth it. As I write this, I am displaying
Mathemtica graphics under X Windows that I calculated on a remote
machine. The remote client support is AWESOME. Thanks to everyone.
Linus. HJ. all the networking people. You are truly my heros.

BTW, I bought a used SMC Elite 16 for $79. I gather this was an
excellent buy. If you're interested in where I got it, email me and
I'll tell you a not-so-secret secret.

Later

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: Ian <I.P.Morris@southampton.ac.uk>
Subject: Cmos wiping
Reply-To: I.P.Morris@southampton.ac.uk
Organization: The Internet
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:49:41 GMT

I have just got a 486-33 with AMI bios. It has S3 graphics and a 210mb HDD with
cached IDE controller. 

This system has not (as far as i can tell) had any problems with the CMOS
getting wiped.

For those who know it it's a DAN system.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: heeb@watson.ibm.com (Hansruedi Heeb)
Subject: How to use sys_iopl (to change I/O privilege) ?    
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:58:58 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

I have to access I/O ports outside the 0x3ff range. After some
digging in the kernel sources I came accross 'sys_iopl'
(which changes the IO privilege in the flags register on stack).
Unfortunately I could not find any code that actually uses this.

So: how do I use sys_iopl ? Or more specific: how do I call
sys_iopl such that the right internal registers are on the stack ?

Could some kernel guru provide me with a three line example ?
Thanks!

Hansruedi - heeb@watson.ibm.com

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