Ah, yes of course the virtual address. Thanks for pointing it out!

Chan Kim

 

From: Deepanshu Kartikey <[email protected]> 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2021 1:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: ioremap and page table

 

 

What my understanding is that ioremap converts your address to a virtual 
address. So, yes everything then is handled by the kernel

 

 

 

On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 9:04 PM <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 
wrote:

Hello all,

I’m almost sure but want to check if my understanding is correct.

To use a memory mapped IO, we use functions like request_mem_region and 
ioremap, iounmap functions. 

I guess when we call ioremap function, the kernel sets up page table for the 
region so that the region becomes non-cacheable, and I don’t also have  to 
worry about reordering problem. 

Is my understanding correct?

Thanks!

Chan Kim

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