Re: RAM or "empty"?

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--- Ribamar Santarosa de Sousa <ribamar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> > > >Is there a way to find the PHYSICAL ADDRESSES
> of
> > > all
> > > >the devices used in a Computer ? 
> > > 
> > >    does cat /proc/iomem serves the purpose ?
> > > 
> > 
> 
> Well, i think /proc/iomem is a list of virtual
> address. If you're intending
> to write a device, i think it won't be helpfull,
> because you should
> register the entry for your device (with
> request_mem_region()), i.e, you
> should already know the physical address before your
> device can get an
> entry in iomem. 
> 

This is getting confusing ...

Could somebody please clarify the following :-

/proc/iomem is a list of 

(a) Physical addresses 

(b) Kernel space Virtual addresses

(c) User space Virtual addresses


Regards


		
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