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From: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@casselton.net>
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Subject: bus_dmamap_load_uio() and user data
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In the user space case of bus_dmamap_load_uio(), the calling thread is
stored in uio->uio_td, in which the user's pmap can be determined.

The ARM processor, with the possible exception of the ARMv7 MPcore
with snoop control unit, needs to make the caches consistent before
DMA. I noticed that the routine, _bus_dmamap_sync(), copies data into
the bounce buffer using current pmap.

Can/should we assume the uio sent from to bus_dmamap_load_uio() is
always in the same address space as thread that is executing
the _bus_dmamap_sync()? 

--Mark Tinguely