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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/memory.txt b/Documentation/arm/memory.txt index 9d58c7c5edd..38dc06d0a79 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm/memory.txt @@ -33,33 +33,38 @@ ffff0000 ffff0fff CPU vector page. fffe0000 fffeffff XScale cache flush area. This is used in proc-xscale.S to flush the whole data - cache. Free for other usage on non-XScale. + cache. (XScale does not have TCM.) -fff00000 fffdffff Fixmap mapping region. Addresses provided - by fix_to_virt() will be located here. +fffe8000 fffeffff DTCM mapping area for platforms with + DTCM mounted inside the CPU. -ffc00000 ffefffff DMA memory mapping region. Memory returned - by the dma_alloc_xxx functions will be - dynamically mapped here. +fffe0000 fffe7fff ITCM mapping area for platforms with + ITCM mounted inside the CPU. -ff000000 ffbfffff Reserved for future expansion of DMA - mapping region. +ffc00000 ffdfffff Fixmap mapping region. Addresses provided + by fix_to_virt() will be located here. -VMALLOC_END feffffff Free for platform use, recommended. - VMALLOC_END must be aligned to a 2MB - boundary. +fee00000 feffffff Mapping of PCI I/O space. This is a static + mapping within the vmalloc space. VMALLOC_START VMALLOC_END-1 vmalloc() / ioremap() space. Memory returned by vmalloc/ioremap will be dynamically placed in this region. - VMALLOC_START may be based upon the value - of the high_memory variable. + Machine specific static mappings are also + located here through iotable_init(). + VMALLOC_START is based upon the value + of the high_memory variable, and VMALLOC_END + is equal to 0xff000000. PAGE_OFFSET high_memory-1 Kernel direct-mapped RAM region. This maps the platforms RAM, and typically maps all platform RAM in a 1:1 relationship. -TASK_SIZE PAGE_OFFSET-1 Kernel module space +PKMAP_BASE PAGE_OFFSET-1 Permanent kernel mappings + One way of mapping HIGHMEM pages into kernel + space. + +MODULES_VADDR MODULES_END-1 Kernel module space Kernel modules inserted via insmod are placed here using dynamic mappings. |