Memory Access Problem

Memory Access Problem

[Rich.Liu]

I have a problem in kernel 2.4.4

I use readw to access memory below 1MB , report "Segmentation fault"
and stall in memory

simple code below (this will get paraller port)
==
int init_module(void){
	unsigned int   *BIOS_Data=(unsigned int *)0x400;
	u32 test;
                test = readw(BIOS_Data);

	 printk(KERN_CRIT  "0x400:%x\n",test);
}
==
but those can work in kernel 2.2.19 , no problem .

can anyone help me ?
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Richliu                                                       

Re: Memory Access Problem

[Alan Cox]

> I use readw to access memory below 1MB , report "Segmentation fault"
> and stall in memory
> 
> simple code below (this will get paraller port)
> ==
> int init_module(void){
> 	unsigned int   *BIOS_Data=(unsigned int *)0x400;
> 	u32 test;
>                 test = readw(BIOS_Data);
> 
> 	 printk(KERN_CRIT  "0x400:%x\n",test);
> }
> ==
> but those can work in kernel 2.2.19 , no problem .
> 
> can anyone help me ?

2.2 had back compatibility support for old drivers that did this 2.4 does
not.

	readb() is for bus accesses after mapping with ioremap
	isa_readb() is a quick form for ISA bus which is always mapped

For main memory you want to use
	phys_to_virt()

to get the virtual mapping of the page. That will work for the BIOS page but
not for arbitary higher pages which may not even be mapped.