<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Linux I/O port programming mini-HOWTO: Introduction </TITLE> <LINK HREF="IO-Port-Programming-2.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="IO-Port-Programming.html#toc1" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="IO-Port-Programming-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="IO-Port-Programming.html#toc1">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction </A></H2> <P>This HOWTO document describes programming hardware I/O ports and waiting for small periods of time in user-mode Linux programs running on the Intel x86 architecture. This document is a descendant of the very small IO-Port mini-HOWTO by the same author. <P>This document is Copyright 1995-2000 Riku Saikkonen. See the <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/COPYRIGHT">Linux HOWTO copyright</A> for details. <P>If you have corrections or something to add, feel free to e-mail me (<CODE>Riku.Saikkonen@hut.fi</CODE>)... <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="IO-Port-Programming-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="IO-Port-Programming.html#toc1">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>