Re: iosh.cc & /usr/include/sys/io.h conflict.

[Fred Proctor <frederick.proctor-at-nist.gov>]

"Terry L. Ridder" wrote:

> basically, we have several options:
> 1. edited /usr/include/sys/io.h every time
>    glibc is updated.
> 2. change iosh.cc to iosh.c so that the g++
>    compiler does not die on what it sees as
>    c++ syntax, when is really is gnu embedded
>    assembly syntax.
> 3. extract from iosh.cc the functions which
>    are using /usr/include/sys/io.h embedded
>    assembly and put them in a new c program
>    file.

I vote for (3). The problem is that iosh.cc needs some C++ to handle the
NML comm buffers, AND some C to handle the io.h problem. The only place
io.h is needed is for the inb()/outb() stuff, which can be compiled as
C, and then linked in to the main body of iosh.cc with the C++ linker.
The alternative is to strip out the C++ stuff (NML), but this is harder.

--Fred