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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kinfocenter/ioports/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kinfocenter/ioports/index.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 1bc9f83fca4..00000000000 --- a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kinfocenter/ioports/index.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -<?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> |