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Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:25:27 -0500
From: Timur Tabi <ttabi@interactivesi.com>
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Subject: Re: temp. mem mappings
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** Reply to message from cohutta <cohutta@MailAndNews.com> on Tue, 5 Jun 2001
13:54:15 -0400


> what is the a preferred/correct method to map and unmap memory
> temporarily?

Allocate a virtual memory area using vmalloc and then save and modify the
pmd/pgd/pte to point to the physical memory you want.  To unmap, just undo the
previous steps.


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