From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Mosberger Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 17:02:52 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Fixed addresses in kernel address space Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org >>>>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:11:08 +0100, Christian Hildner said: Christian> Hi everybody! For a driver I am writing, I would need Christian> access to some storage below e000000004400000. There is a Christian> range from e000000004000000 to e000000004400000 that is Christian> mapped by the kernel translation but not used in Christian> system.map (kernel 2.4.4). Is it possible to use part of Christian> this storage or are there restrictions/other usage? Can I Christian> rely on this unused storage in the future or is this Christian> subject to change? There should be no need for using absolute addresses. Please explain what you're trying to do. --david