IOREMAP

Section: (9)
Updated: 17 July 2003
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NAME

ioremap - map bus memory into CPU space  

SYNOPSIS

void * ioremap (unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);  

ARGUMENTS

offset
bus address of the memory
size
size of the resource to map
 

DESCRIPTION

ioremap performs a platform specific sequence of operations to make bus memory CPU accessible via the readb/readw/readl/writeb/ writew/writel functions and the other mmio helpers. The returned address is not guaranteed to be usable directly as a virtual address.  

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This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.5.73.


 

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