From: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
"David P. Reed" <dpreed@reed.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: RFC: outb 0x80 in inb_p, outb_p harmful on some modern AMD64 with MCP51 laptops
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:54:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200712091654.15072.linux@rainbow-software.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071209125458.GB4381@ucw.cz>
On Sunday 09 December 2007 13:54:58 you wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > > modern CPU compared to the bus. But the delay really needs to be
> > > something that is about IO port speed. Ok in theory you could try to
> > > measure a outb using RDTSC and then use udelay, but first you would
> > > need
> >
> > You don't need to. Port 0x80 historically is about 8uS so just udelay(8)
> > and make sure the initial default delay is conservative enough before the
> > CPU speed is computed.
> >
> > 0x80 should be fine for anything PC compatible anyway, its specifically
> > reserved as a debug port and supported for *exactly* that purpose by
> > many chipsets.
>
> Actually, I've seen few pci cards with leds on port 0x80, and I
> wonder: is our outb_p really correct?
>
> I mean, we expect 8usec delay -- historical ISA timing -- but when
> _PCI_ card with leds is inserted, it is likely to be faster than old
> ISA, right?
> Pavel
Yes, there are PCI POST debug cards too. And also MiniPCI ones for notebooks.
Port 0x80 could be used for more useful things than delay with these cards
(and mainboards with integrated LED display) - like (kernel) debugging or as
a temperature display (when exported to userspace).
--
Ondrej Zary
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-09 15:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 125+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-06 22:38 RFC: outb 0x80 in inb_p, outb_p harmful on some modern AMD64 with MCP51 laptops David P. Reed
2007-12-07 0:15 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-07 10:44 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-07 14:50 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-05 11:10 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-08 0:21 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-07 14:54 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-07 15:43 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-07 16:28 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 0:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-11 5:53 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-07 16:04 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-07 16:31 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-07 17:19 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-07 18:45 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-07 18:42 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-07 19:25 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-07 21:45 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-08 19:25 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-08 19:50 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-08 20:47 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-08 21:04 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-08 20:26 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-11 5:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-09 5:04 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-09 13:22 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-11 15:14 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-12-09 12:54 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-09 13:41 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2007-12-09 15:54 ` Ondrej Zary [this message]
2007-12-09 16:59 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-09 21:25 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-09 22:29 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-09 23:22 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-10 12:02 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-10 4:17 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-10 11:30 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-12-10 12:08 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-10 18:02 ` Ondrej Zary
2007-12-11 1:10 ` David Newall
2007-12-11 1:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-11 1:42 ` David Newall
2007-12-11 1:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-11 1:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-11 7:40 ` Paul Rolland
2007-12-11 9:50 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 12:08 ` David Newall
2007-12-11 13:16 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 13:32 ` Paul Rolland
2007-12-11 14:15 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 15:28 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 15:37 ` Paul Rolland
2007-12-11 15:53 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 16:58 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-11 17:01 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 17:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-11 17:32 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-11 19:19 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-11 19:36 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-11 20:16 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-11 20:27 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2007-12-11 20:34 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 21:03 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-11 23:56 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-12 13:11 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2007-12-12 16:12 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-14 14:33 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-16 21:26 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-17 0:02 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-17 0:03 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-17 0:28 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-17 14:42 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-27 10:39 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-12 19:42 ` Attitude problems David P. Reed
2007-12-12 20:31 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2007-12-14 16:01 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2007-12-11 16:32 ` RFC: outb 0x80 in inb_p, outb_p harmful on some modern AMD64 with MCP51 laptops John Stoffel
2007-12-11 16:40 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 13:50 ` David Newall
2007-12-11 14:14 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 14:25 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-12 22:18 ` David Newall
2007-12-12 23:00 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-13 13:13 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-13 13:21 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-14 1:50 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-14 15:16 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-11 15:41 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2007-12-11 16:30 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-11 16:50 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 17:00 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-11 17:04 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 17:27 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 19:18 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-11 19:16 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-11 19:59 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 19:59 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 20:00 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 20:00 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-12 20:07 ` More info on port 80 symptoms on MCP51 machine David P. Reed
2007-12-12 20:26 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-12 20:37 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-12 20:58 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-12 21:01 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-12 21:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-12 21:29 ` Alan Cox
2007-12-15 22:34 ` Allen Martin
2007-12-15 22:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-16 0:46 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-12 21:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-14 22:05 ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-12-15 7:22 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 13:14 ` RFC: outb 0x80 in inb_p, outb_p harmful on some modern AMD64 with MCP51 laptops Alan Cox
2007-12-11 13:32 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-11 13:47 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-11 13:50 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-14 13:33 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-12-11 6:54 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-11 17:01 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] <fa./27SNSh+L5T3iqFNPdHClEu+yT0@ifi.uio.no>
2007-12-07 0:23 ` Robert Hancock
2007-12-07 5:09 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-07 5:54 ` David P. Reed
2007-12-07 7:17 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-07 7:34 ` Rene Herman
2007-12-07 10:49 ` Andi Kleen
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