rtapi_region.3rtapi

CNC 的开放码,EMC2 V2.2.8版

.TH rtapi_region "3rtapi" "2006-10-12" "EMC Documentation" "RTAPI"
.SH NAME

rtapi_region \- functions to manage I/O memory regions

.SH SYNTAX
.HP
 void *rtapi_request_region(unsigned long \fIbase\fR, unsigned long int \fIsize\fR, const char *\fIname\fR)

.HP
 void rtapi_release_region(unsigned long \fIbase\fR, unsigned long int \fIsize\fR)

.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP \fIbase\fR
The base address of the I/O region

.IP \fIsize\fR
The size of the I/O region

.IP \fIname\fR
The name to be shown in /proc/ioports

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBrtapi_request_region\fR reserves I/O memory starting at \fIbase\fR
and going for \fIsize\fR bytes.

.SH REALTIME CONSIDERATIONS
May be called from realtime init/cleanup code only.

.SH BUGS
On kernels before 2.4.0, \fBrtapi_request_region\fR always suceeds.

.SH RETURN VALUE
\fBrtapi_request_region\fR returns NULL if the allocation fails, and a non-NULL
value otherwise.

\fBrtapi_release_region\fR has no return value.