Re: [LinuxBIOS] Flashrom and superiotool on non-x86 platforms?

[Stefan Reinauer]

* ron minnich  [071022 17:37]:
> On 10/21/07, Peter Lemenkov  wrote:
> > Hello All!
> > Does anybody tried to use linuxbios and LB-tools on non-x86 platforms?
> > There are some issues we need to fir even for compilation (not for
> > successful usage).
> >
> > One thing I found so far is excessive usage of non-portable inb/outb
> > macros. For instance - inb may be emulated as folliwing:
> >
> > +unsigned char inb (unsigned short int port)
> > +{
> >   static unsigned char in = 0;
> >   FILE* f = fopen ("/dev/port", "a");
> >   if (f !=NULL){
> >           if (fseek (f, port, SEEK_SET) == port){
> >                   fread (&in, sizeof (unsigned char), 1, f);
> >                   fclose (f);
> >                   return in;
> >           }
> >   }
> >   return ERROR;

Ok, which platforms does this actually fix? Has this been tested?

I know it _breaks_ just about every x86 platform except Linux.

So, we should deliberate before going this route.

Stefan