IOperm

Set permission on IO ports

Declaration

Source position: oldlinux.pp line 1552

Description

IOperm sets permissions on Num ports starting with port From to Value. The function returns True if the call was successfull, False otherwise.

Note:

• This works ONLY as root.
• Only the first 0x03ff ports can be set.
• When doing a Fork, the permissions are reset. When doing a Execve they are kept.

Errors

Errors are returned in LinuxError