From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 1 20:26:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA28898 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 20:26:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA28893 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 20:26:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA08876; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:56:45 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708020326.MAA08876@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Kernel howto, Second Request In-Reply-To: from Simon Shapiro at "Aug 1, 97 01:00:25 pm" To: Shimon@i-Connect.Net (Simon Shapiro) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:56:45 +0930 (CST) Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Simon Shapiro stands accused of saying: [Charset iso-8859-8 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > Old, unanswered question: I responded to these. Let me know if you didn't get the rsponse, but more importantly _why_ do you want them? > Next Question: What is the equivalent of SysV physmap()? > Physmap takes a physical memory address and returns a virtual address. > I am trying to access certain memory location only known by physical > addresses. Are you trying to perform this operation in userspace or in the kernel? Do you know the the physical address range in question has been mapped yet? If it has, by whom? If not, then you will need to establish a mapping, which will give you this information. > Simon -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[