Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:56:09 -0800 | From | Deepak Saxena <> | Subject | Re: [Question] PCI device memory management |
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On Nov 11 2005, at 16:53, Alex Song was caught saying: > Hi, > > Our PCI device has a lot of memory and we have to provide memory > management function for it. > > Does kernel already have this mechanism in place? > > Or we have to manage it on our own?
I'm guessing what you mean is that there is more memory on the device then can be mapped in via the outbound window? You will have to carve it up into chunks and map/unmap regions as needed. Can you provide a bit more detail on what exactly you need to do?
~Deepak
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