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diff --git a/share/man/man9/pmap_map.9 b/share/man/man9/pmap_map.9 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2c472fe97b49 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/pmap_map.9 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 21, 2003 +.Dt PMAP_MAP 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pmap_map +.Nd map a physical memory range into kernel virtual address (KVA) space +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/param.h +.In vm/vm.h +.In vm/pmap.h +.Ft vm_offset_t +.Fo pmap_map +.Fa "vm_offset_t *virt" "vm_paddr_t start" "vm_paddr_t end" "int prot" +.Fc +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn pmap_map +function maps a range of physical addresses into kernel virtual address (KVA) +space, from +.Fa start +to +.Fa end , +with protection bits +.Fa prot . +.Pp +The value passed in +.Fa *virt +is treated as a hint for the virtual address of the beginning of the mapping. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +The +.Fa prot +argument is currently ignored by machine-dependent implementations. +.Pp +Architectures which can support a direct mapped physical to virtual +region can return the appropriate address within that region, leaving +.Fa *virt +unchanged. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn pmap_map +function returns the virtual address of the beginning of the mapping, if +the mapping was successfully made; +.Fa *virt +will also be updated with the first usable address after the mapped region. +.Pp +If the function is unsuccessful, +.Dv NULL +is returned. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pmap 9 +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was written by +.An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org . |