* Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2016-03-04 at 10:44 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > >> * Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Could you outline a specific case where it's done intentionally - and the > >> purpose behind that intention? > > > > The term "overlapping" is a bit misleading. > > To the driver author its overlapping, its overlapping on the physical address. Guys please stop this crazy talk - when the same physical address is mapped to multiple virtual addresses is called 'aliasing' - the term 'overlapping' is used when memory ranges overlap ... Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
