[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I am porting a device driver from vxWorks to Lionux, and it has some
> specific memory needs. In particular, it needs to use memory from 0x600
> to 0x700, and 0x1000 to 0x1fff. It's not clear to me yet if Linux is
> using anything in this area that will conflict with the driver's needs.
> It looks like the kernels page tables are at 0x4000. Will this cause
> problems if I try and reserve the memory ranges above for my driver?
There is nothing special with those memory locations. Use get_free_page
to be returned the address of a page to use instead of 0x1000, and
kmalloc to allocate the other 256 bytes, which will also return the
address of some memory.
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