Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Big Fix for 2.2.1 | Date | Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:38:07 +0000 (GMT) |
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> That identity makes no sense anyway. Not every "phys" address has a > corresponding "virt" address. In my opinion, phys_to_virt should be > removed, and the few drivers that use it changed to work properly.
phys_to_virt has uses in some cases. Consider the situation where a driver posts you back the physical address of a kernel message buffer it has filled in. But in general yes you are right.
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