rtapi_region - functions to manage I/O memory regions
Contents
Arguments
base The base address of the I/O region
size The size of the I/O region
name The name to be shown in /proc/ioportsDescription
rtapi_request_region reserves I/O memory starting at base and going for size bytes.
Name
rtapi_region - functions to manage I/O memory regions
Realtime Considerations
May be called from realtime init/cleanup code only.
Return Value
rtapi_request_region returns NULL if the allocation fails, and a non-NULL value otherwise.
rtapi_release_region has no return value.
LinuxCNC Documentation 2006-10-12 rtapi_region(3rtapi)
Syntax
void *rtapi_request_region(unsigned long base, unsigned long int size, const char *name)
void rtapi_release_region(unsigned long base, unsigned long int size)
