From: "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
To: Frank Mehnert <Frank.Mehnert@Sun.COM>,
       "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
CC: "peterz@infradead.org" <peterz@infradead.org>,
       "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:33:31 -0700
Subject: RE: remap_pfn_range() not suitable for physical RAM?
Thread-Topic: remap_pfn_range() not suitable for physical RAM?
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Frank,

Patch here should eliminate the restriction.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123664923030126&w=1

Thanks,
Venki
 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org 
>[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Frank Mehnert
>Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:04 AM
>To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>Cc: peterz@infradead.org; Siddha, Suresh B
>Subject: Re: remap_pfn_range() not suitable for physical RAM?
>
>Hi,
>
>sorry for re-posting this message and sorry for addressing you 
>directly.
>Perhaps you can help me again or can you give me a pointer for a proper
>documentation of the various *remap* and *vm_insert* functions:
>
>On Wednesday 04 March 2009, Frank Mehnert wrote:
>> since 2.6.29-rcX it seems to be not allowed anymore to use
>> remap_pfn_range() to remap physical RAM to userland. This restriction
>> applies only if CONFIG_X86_PAT is enabled. It seems that 
>vm_insert_page()
>> does not have this restriction. Am I correct? And what is the reason
>> for this restriction?
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Frank
>-- 
>Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert    Sun Microsystems    http://www.sun.com/
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