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Message-ID: <20110408220321.GA777@beardog.cce.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:03:21 -0500
From: brace@...rdog.cce.hp.com
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: brace@...rdog.cce.hp.com, scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com
Subject: How to create a kernel virtual mapping for physical addresses.
Given a physical address and a length (which may span contiguous pages), how
does one go about creating a virtual mapping for that address? That address may
be in high memory (above 4GB) in a 32bit system.
ioremap() wants a 32bit physical address on 32bit systems. kmap() and
kmap_atomic() wants a struct page which I am not sure how to get from a physical
address.
If there already is a kernel mapping, then using the existing kernel mapping
would be fine if I could figure out how to get it, but if there is not one,
then I need to make one.
I think setting the DMA mask to 32bit would mean that I do not have to deal
with highmem addresses in my particular case, but I still do not know how to
get a virtual address from a physical.
Any suggestions?
Don
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