Messages in this thread |  | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: Bug: Discontigmem virt_to_page() [Alpha,ARM,Mips64?] | Date | Mon, 6 May 2002 03:24:58 +0200 |
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On Monday 06 May 2002 03:20, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 03:07:07AM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > On Monday 06 May 2002 02:55, Russell King wrote: > > So, since __phys_to_virt (and hence phys_to_virt and __va) is clearly linear, the > > relation __pa(__va(kva)) == kva cannot hold. Perhaps that doesn't bother you? > > Check my previous email: > > [..] They will all be normal zones provided you implement a static > view of them in the kernel virtual address space, and you also > cover page_address/virt_to_page [..] > > Depending on the kind of coalescing of those chunks in the direct > mapping virt_to_page/page_address will vary. virt_to_page and > page_address will have all the necessary internal knowledge in order to > make it all zone_normal.
What do you mean by 'implement a static view of them'?
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