Re: Can we kill f inb_p, outb_p and other random I/O on port 0x80, in 2.6?

[John Bradford]

> Another reason for fixing this is we are killing who knows how much
> I/O bandwidth with this stream of failing writes to port 0x80.

Assuming we do stop using I/O to port 0x80 for timing purposes, would
it be worth adding code to make existing POST cards double as a poor
man's front panel display once the kernel has booted?

John.
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