Re: splitting of address space

2007-08-19 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
Hi.. I was reading the LDD3's DMA chapter (chapter 15). The author talks about the splitting of address space between 1GB and 3GB. I couldn't make myself crystal clear as to why it is done. because things like code and data must stay and operate in different modes. Kernel code stays

splitting of address space

2007-08-19 Thread Himanshu Chauhan
Dear all, I was reading the LDD3's DMA chapter (chapter 15). The author talks about the splitting of address space between 1GB and 3GB. I couldn't make myself crystal clear as to why it is done. I got even more confused when he said kernel can't access physicalmemory address whic