I/O Space Access

In I/O space access, the device registers appear in I/O space. Each addressable element of the I/O address is called an I/O port. Device registers are accessed through I/O port numbers. These port numbers can refer to 8, 16, or 32-bit registers. The driver must call ddi_regs_map_setup(9F) to set up the mapping, and it can then access the I/O port using one of the ddi_put8(9F) or ddi_get8(9F) family of routines.

The driver can also access I/O space using the ddi_io_put8(9F) and ddi_io_get8(9F) family of routines. These functions may be more efficient on some platforms. Use of these routines, however, may limit the ability of the driver to remain portable across different bus versions of the device.