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Re: Using GCC
- To: Kevin Sheehan <sheehan at spsun5 dot ph dot rhbnc dot ac dot uk>, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Using GCC
- From: "Fernandes, Hilton" <hfernandes at geocities dot com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 16:44:03 +0000
- CC: hfernandes at geocities dot com
On 20 Oct 97 at 13:58, Kevin Sheehan <sheehan@spsun5.ph.rhbnc.ac.uk> wrote:
> I have just installed the gnu-win32 system as I need to write
> some software to communicate with an ADC card in my PC. The problem is
> that the example code uses inp and outp and these do not seem to compile
> in GCC. Could someone please point me in the direction of some
> documentation for this.(I have looked on the web page but cannot see
> anything specific to the IBM or the AT bus I/O space).
Hi!
Win32 is supposed to be a real operating system, so it won't let you access
the hardware directly in an application program. As far as i know, if you
really need to do this, you have to write a device driver.
That means inp and outp are not available in gnu-win32.
Sigh. :-(
Regards,
++Hilton
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