Assaf, please post your messages to bug-grub rather than me.
OKUJI Yoshinori wrote: > > From: assaf stoler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: outport and inport command > Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:15:31 -0800 > > > I have run into a problem using grub on hardware with watchdog enabled, > > since it might take to long for the initrd / kernel decompression stage, > > and the watch god boots the system, in order to overcome, I tried to > > re-set the watchdog timer by writing 0x1 to io port 230 (my hardware), > > but > > could not get it to compile, > > > > any idea how to do an outb under grub ? > > I can't say anything useful without information on what code you > wrote, needless to say. Have you read some of the GRUB code (e.g. the > serial driver)? I just did it like 2 min after dispatching that message ... > > But why do you need to reset the watchdog timer? For me, that sounds > like the timeout is just too short. Hardware watchdog, can not change it's timeout :-( > > > and while we're on the topic, it might be a good thing to add the > > commands for portread, and portwrite to grub ... > > I disagree, since it is too dangerous to use them arbitrarily. If we > provide such commands, the user could break his/her computer quite > easily. Rather, you should consider implementing higher level commands > (such as "watchdog"), if you really need. I'll do so ... > > Okuji
