ioremap(9)

ioremap9

Map bus memory into cpu space

Usage

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

Arguments

offset

bus address of the memory

size

size of the resource to map

Overview

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.

Authors

Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]>

Author.

Alan Cox <[email protected]>

Author.

From linux-manual-2.6.18 2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch2 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Also shipped by linux-manual-2.6.24. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.