Re: [4/7] Xen VMM patch set : /dev/mem io_remap_page_range for CONFIG_XEN

From: Ian Pratt
Date: Tue Nov 30 2004 - 07:10:50 EST


> On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 08:56 +0000, Ian Pratt wrote:
>
> > In the Xen case, we actually need to use io_remap_page_range for
> > all /dev/mem accesses, so as to be able to map the BIOS area, DMI
> > tables etc.
>
> look at the /dev/mem patches in the -mm tree... there might be
> infrastructure there that is useful to you

Thanks for the pointer. Having looked through, it's orthogonal
and can't help us, though doesn't conflict with our patch either
(fuzz 2).

Thanks,
Ian
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