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NAME, SYNOPSIS, ARGUMENTS, DESCRIPTION, AUTHORS, COPYRIGHT

"PHYS_TO_VIRT" "9" "July 2007" "Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.22" "Public Functions Provided"

NAME

phys_to_virt - map physical address to virtual

SYNOPSIS

"void * phys_to_virt(unsigned long " "address" ");"


ARGUMENTS

address

address to remap

DESCRIPTION

The returned virtual address is a current CPU mapping for the memory address given. It is only valid to use this function on addresses that have a kernel mapping

This function does not handle bus mappings for DMA transfers. In almost all conceivable cases a device driver should not be using this function

AUTHORS

MatthewfR Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Author.

AlanfR Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Author.

COPYRIGHT

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