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List:       linux-newbie
Subject:    Re: memory mapped IO on a machine with 4 GB of RAM?
From:       borasahin () justnic ! com
Date:       2006-09-25 9:31:42
Message-ID: 200609251231.42202.borasahin () justnic ! com
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> I was wondering that if a machine has 4 GB of physical RAM, then how
> will the devices map their registers to memory?
>
> So if a device maps its registers in say memory address X, then will
> that particular physical memory become inaccessible to the system?

I think it should be true. It's inaccessible...

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Bora SAHIN

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