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Date:      Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:56:45 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        Shimon@i-Connect.Net (Simon Shapiro)
Cc:        FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel howto, Second Request
Message-ID:  <199708020326.MAA08876@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970801130025.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> from Simon Shapiro at "Aug 1, 97 01:00:25 pm"

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Simon Shapiro stands accused of saying:
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> 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

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