---On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:10:45 -0800, Estabridis, Janet P said
> Hi,
>
> I want use the old type of shared memory on my embedded system running the
> miniRTL (kernel 2.2.14 rtlv2.3). I have 128MBytes of memory and I have
> added the statement:
>
> append="mem=125M"
>
> to the linux.cfg file on the disk.
[...]
> The problem is that I do not see the memory getting set aside when I do a
> more on /proc/meminfo. Consequently, I get a Segmentation Fault when I
> insert the module and there are any statements that try and access any
> shared memory variables.
>
> Can I not use this type of shared memory anymore ?
>
> I'm I doing something stupid and I need enlightenment?
>
> Thanks in advance --
Janet:
I had the same problem when I went back to the old shared method.
Somewhere in the kernel evolution access to physical memory has changed.
instead of:
pointer = (ptr_type *) 0xXXXXXXXX;
use:
pointer = (ptr_type *) ioremap(0xXXXXXXXX, size);
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