This useful interface is hardly mentioned anywhere in the in-tree documentation.
Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- commit 2cb2450818804edcbcb1486a4df0db06e5d49969 tree 2c53fbd2e0be832767446a8684561200b437a695 parent 288a3f1fd00365669ed9ad725b15ff67004cee0a author Rolf Eike Beer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:20:30 +0200 committer Rolf Eike Beer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:20:30 +0200 Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl | 1 + include/asm-i386/io.h | 3 +++ lib/iomap.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl index 90ed23d..4f85515 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl @@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ CPU B: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_lock, flags) <chapter id="pubfunctions"> <title>Public Functions Provided</title> !Einclude/asm-i386/io.h +!Elib/iomap.c </chapter> </book> diff --git a/include/asm-i386/io.h b/include/asm-i386/io.h index b3724fe..e176483 100644 --- a/include/asm-i386/io.h +++ b/include/asm-i386/io.h @@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ extern void __iomem * __ioremap(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size, unsign * writew/writel functions and the other mmio helpers. The returned * address is not guaranteed to be usable directly as a virtual * address. + * + * If the area you are trying to map is a PCI BAR you should have a + * look on pci_iomap(). */ static inline void __iomem * ioremap(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size) diff --git a/lib/iomap.c b/lib/iomap.c index 55689c5..8de891d 100644 --- a/lib/iomap.c +++ b/lib/iomap.c @@ -202,7 +202,20 @@ void ioport_unmap(void __iomem *addr) EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioport_map); EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioport_unmap); -/* Create a virtual mapping cookie for a PCI BAR (memory or IO) */ +/** + * pci_iomap - create a virtual mapping cookie for a PCI BAR + * @dev: PCI device that owns the BAR + * @bar: BAR number + * @maxlen: length of the memory to map + * + * Using this function you will get a __iomem address to your device BAR. + * You can access it using ioread*() and iowrite*(). These functions hide + * the details if this is a MMIO or PIO address space and will just do what + * you expect from them in the correct way. + * + * @maxlen specifies the maximum length to map. If you want to get access to + * the complete BAR without checking for their length first pass %0 here. + **/ void __iomem *pci_iomap(struct pci_dev *dev, int bar, unsigned long maxlen) { unsigned long start = pci_resource_start(dev, bar); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/