From: Mahesh <maheshk@xxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 16:49:03 +0530 > I think you have not understood my question properly. My problem is, the > layer above the driver will do > dma_map_single on a kmalloc'ed buffer and passes the result (bus > address) to the device driver. Now > the driver has to modify the contents of the the original buffer. > Is it possible to do that ?? You haven't given an example of where this might actually happen. The driver is where the DMA mappings almost always occur because that is the layer that knows the bus technology and therefore the correct DMA interfaces to call. What kind of driver do you have and what is this upper layer doing the mappings for you but not giving you a pointer to the kernel buffer as well? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
