[fpc-pascal] Access to RS232 ports with fpc

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Holger Bruns <holger.bruns at gmx.net>:

> Accessing ports is limited to ports < 03ffh, more ports cannot be 
> released with fpioperm. This means to me, successful serial port access 
> on higher addresses cannot yet be implemented with fpc.

Or any other compiler, for that matter, because this is a system restriction. Plus, it's Linux-only, it's i386-only, it's pure legacy and thus should not even be used anymore.

> If this policy can be ruled out, let me know.

If you want to access ports directly, compile for DOS or write a device driver.


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