On Wednesday 07 July 2004 10:55, so usp wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know if there are any difference > between I/O ports such as serial port, parallel port, > keyboard and ide from those ones used by network > interface, such as ssh, ftp, http and telnet. Both can > be accessed by check_region(), request_region() and > release_region() functions? If not, what functions can > be used to access those ports in kernel mode? I/O ports have absolutly nothing to do with TCP/UDP ports. Comparing them is like comparing apples to airplanes. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/