Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: get_vm_area and GFP_KERNEL | Date | Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:46:17 +0000 (GMT) |
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> So why have the restriction on when device memory can be mapped? Or why not > create a variant of ioremap/vremap with a "priority" parameter so that I can > have some control over this?
Think about MMU and cache coherency. Map in advance, use in the IRQ
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