Le Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:57:06 +0530, "sahlot arvind" <asahlot@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > Could anybody please tell me what does direct mean here? > Does this mean Physical address = Virtual Address??? Yes. There's an identity-mapping between virtual memory and physical memory for the first 896 MB of RAM. Accessing the address (x + PAGE_OFFSET) will in fact access physical address x. For more information about Linux Virtual Memory management: www.informit.com/content/images/0131453483/downloads/gorman_book.pdf Sincerly, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx, http://thomas.enix.org Jabber, thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxx Toulibre, http://www.toulibre.org - APRIL, http://www.april.org Fingerprint : 0BE1 4CF3 CEA4 AC9D CC6E 1624 F653 CB30 98D3 F7A7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
