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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kinfocenter/ioports/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kinfocenter/ioports/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e26155a5c4b --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kinfocenter/ioports/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" +> <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;"> +<title +>I/O Port</title> +<articleinfo> + +<authorgroup> +<author +>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author> +<author +>&Helge.Deller;</author> +<author +>&Duncan.Haldane;</author> +<author +>&Mike.McBride;</author> + +<othercredit role="translator" +><firstname +>Malcolm</firstname +><surname +>Hunter</surname +><affiliation +><address +><email +>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email +></address +></affiliation +><contrib +>Conversion to British English</contrib +></othercredit +> +</authorgroup> + +<date +>2002-02-12</date> +<releaseinfo +>3.00.00</releaseinfo> + +<keywordset> +<keyword +>KDE</keyword> +<keyword +>KControl</keyword> +<keyword +>ioports</keyword> +<keyword +>system information</keyword> +</keywordset> +</articleinfo> + +<sect1> +<title +>Input/Output Port Information</title> + +<para +>This page displays information about the I/O ports.</para> + +<para +>I/O Ports are memory addresses used by the processor for direct communication with a device that has sent an interrupt signal to the processor.</para> + +<para +>The exchange of commands or data between the processor and the device takes place through the I/O port address of the device, which is a hexadecimal number. No two devices can share the same I/O port. Many devices use multiple I/O port addresses, which are expressed as a range of hexadecimal numbers. </para> + +<note +><para +>The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some systems, I/O port information can not yet be displayed.</para +></note> + +<para +>On &Linux;, this information is read from <filename class="devicefile" +>/proc/ioports</filename +> which is only available if the <filename class="devicefile" +>/proc</filename +> pseudo-filesystem is compiled into the kernel. A list of all currently-registered I/O port regions that are in use is shown.</para> + +<para +>The first column is the I/O port (or the range of I/O ports), the second column identifies the device that uses these I/O ports.</para> + +<para +>The user cannot modify any settings on this page.</para> + +</sect1> +</article> |