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Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:13 pm**

Hi, Newbie question here...
On the APIC wiki page,
The following functions are referenced: (WriteRegister(), ReadRegister())

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/* Set the Spourious Interrupt Vector Register bit 8 to start receiving interrupts */
    WriteRegister(0xF0, ReadRegister(0xF0) | 0x100);

How do I Implement them, do I access the registers with outb, or is it mapped in memory ?

Thanks.
Ramon.

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:55 pm**

The APIC is typically located @ 0xFEE00000. (You can get away with this, but the proper way is to check for the correct location). Thus what you wrote is the equivalent to:

[0xFEE000F0] |= 0x100;

UPDATE: Fixed memory address. Had IOAPIC's base address instead of LAPIC's.

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