PHYS_TO_VIRT

Section: (9)
Updated: 06 August 2003
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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  

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