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Date:      Wed, 31 May 2006 23:37:52 +0200
From:      Olivier Houchard <mlfbsd@ci0.org>
To:        "Max N. Boyarov" <m.boyarov@bsd.by>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: i80321reg.h
Message-ID:  <20060531213752.GA98637@ci0.org>
In-Reply-To: <7hd5du3xdu.fsf@bsd.by>
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On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:41:17PM +0300, Max N. Boyarov wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "OH" == Olivier Houchard writes:
> 
>  OH>  On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:06:40PM +0300, Max N. Boyarov wrote:
>  >> 
>  >> >>>>> "OH" == Olivier Houchard writes:
>  >> 
>  >>  OH>  On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 07:21:21PM +0300, Max N. Boyarov wrote:
>  >>  >> 
>  >>  >> Hi!
>  >>  >> 
>  >>  >> What document should I read in order to understand
>  >>  >> how to calculate the defines that are used in i80321reg.h ?
>  >>  >> 
>  >> 
>  >>  OH> Hi Max,
>  >> Hi Olivier, 
>  >>  OH> I'm not sure I understand the question. However, those most of those values
>  >>  OH> come from the Intel 80321 I/O Processor developer's manual, available here :
>  >>  OH> http://www.intel.com/design/iio/manuals/273517.htm
>  >> 
>  >> Sorry for my english :). I meant, I do not know how freebsd works with virtual
>  >> memory, i.e. what address range is used for user applications, where kernel resides.
>  >> What would you recommend to read about that? Just for education purposes :) My concern 
>  >> is 80321 xcale port only (not generic).
>  >> 
> 
>  OH> No worries, my english isn't better :)
>  OH> Unfortunately I'm not sure there's something explaining this beside the code
>  OH> itself, so I'm gonna try to answer.
>  OH> Most of this is the same for every arm port, including the 80321.
>  OH> The interesting #define are mostly in sys/arm/include/vmparam.h
>  OH>  * The line between user space and kernel space
>  OH>  * Mappings >= KERNEL_BASE are constant across all processes
>  OH>  */
>  OH> #define KERNBASE                0xc0000000
> 
>  OH> So generally speaking, whatever is >= 0xc0000000 is kernelland, whatever is <
>  OH> is userland.
>  OH> In arm/xscale/iq31244_machdep.c (which should be usable for every i80321
>  OH> port, and thus has an unaccurate name), we map 0xfe800000 (IQ80321_OBIO_BASE),
>  OH> physical == virtual, to be able to use the UART early, 
>  OH> then we use the virtual address 0xfe400000 (IQ80321_IOW_VBASE) to map the ATU
>  OH> stuff and the CPU registers.
> 
>  OH> I'm still not sure I properly answer to your question:) Feel free to ask
>  OH>  for more.
> 
>  Many thanks, I shall continue to experiments with i80219 :)
> 

I'm very interested in i80219 support but have no hardware, please make me
know how it goes, I'd be more than happy to provide help.

Cheers,

Olivier


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