Subject: Re: vm_page_alloc_contig()
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: None <Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/20/1998 20:49:27
> > I need to know if there's going to be a FreeBSD/BSDI
> > compatible implementation of vm_page_alloc_contig()?. All I
> > can find in NetBSD is vm_page_alloc_memory() which isn't the
> > same.
> >
> > Any assistance or direct email contact with the VM
> > developers would be much appreciated.
>
> You want the bus_dma(9) interface, I presume. There is a
> manual page available for it, describing the interface, how to
> allocate DMA-safe memory, and how to map it into KVA space.
He may also want the contents of
/usr/src/share/doc/papers/bus_dma/
as found in NetBSD-current, also available in
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-current/src/share/doc/papers/bus_dma/
Regards,
- H=E5vard