Dear List,
I would like to use the request_region function in the kernel. I if use in
a module there is no problem, but if I put it into the kernel, it hangs
during the boot. Can anyone help me how to use it? It is a 2.4.7 kernel
for a PPC platform.
I added the following lines to the arch/ppc/kernel/m8xx_setup.c in the
m8xx_get_rtc_time function :
if(!rtc_vm_base)
if (!request_region(IO_ADR_RTC, IO_LEN_RTC, "k14_rtc"))
printk("Can't request IO ports\n");
rtc_vm_base = ioremap(IO_ADR_RTC, IO_LEN_RTC);
If I comment the first three lines it works nicely, but I'd like to
allocate this IO region not to allow other modules to modify the chip
settings. How can I do that?
TIA && Good byte!
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