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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 1998 03:10:16 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Mark Templeton <druid@atc.dera.gov.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Memory holes for ISA device drivers 
Message-ID:  <199812141110.DAA00438@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Dec 1998 10:43:29 GMT." <366E5451.D95C8C6D@atc.dera.gov.uk> 

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> OS is 2.2.5
> Card is on ISA bus, preferably at 0xA00000.
> 
> How do I create a (physical) memory hole for a card,
> as the card holds 64k shared memory?
> The target system BIOS does not support the 15-16M memory hole.
> pmap_mapdev() maps physical to virtual memory, but does not
> create a hole.
> 
> How do I create a memory hole?

This is chipset- and motherboard-specific.  If you can't map the card 
into the ISA 'hole' at 0xa0000, then you're SOL short of building a 
custom PCI:ISA bridge (eg. using a PLX9050) and remapping it into PCI 
space.

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