Hi, I am running 2.6.29.1 on ia-64 hardware. when i run below code in a module void *ptr = kmalloc( 10 ,GFP_KERNEL ) i got a valid ptr ( ptr != NULL ) ..but i saw that ptr == vitr_to_phy(ptr ) == virt_to_bus(ptr ) 1. why the physical and vitrual address are same ? 2. is this sthing that we can change in kernel config during kernel compilation ? -Ratheesh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs