RE: Réf. : Re: Read in /dev/port with Segmentation Fault

From: Fillod Stephane <hidden>
Date: 2005-06-09 09:56:22

Sophie CARAYOL wrote:
Another question, if i use mmap to map physical addresses of I/O =
registers,
could i dereference the pointer on virtual adresse to access data or =
should
i use read/write on the file descriptor ?
Yes, you can dereference the pointer.
Don't you remember my past mail?
From the Denx's FAQ (TFQ hits the list monthly) for accessing memory =
bus:

http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/PPCEmbedded/DeviceDrivers#Section_Acces=
singPeripheralsFromUserSpace
or shorter: http://tinyurl.com/6c7th

See linux/drivers/char/mem.c to check if mmap support is ok on your =
arch.

Kenavo
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St=E9phane
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