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Re: getting status of I/O devices

Some answers are in:
http://www.xml.org/ldd/chapter/book/index.html

Raghu R. Arur (rra2002@cs.columbia.edu) wrote:
> 
>   hi,
> 
>    I just wanted to know how to poll for the status of I/O devices from 
> kernel module. Do we use the same instructions like intb() and other 
> commnads to see whether the status of a device is busy or not. And how do 
> u do it for netwrork cards.
> 
>  thanks,
> raghu.
> -- 
Regards/Cordialement
Christophe
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