Kmalloc returns which address

suresh suresh sureshtang at gmail.com
Mon Jul 16 23:59:59 EST 2007


Hi,

I am porting MPC8280 driver from vxWorks to Linux.

I want know the address return by kmalloc function? is it physical address
or kernel virtual address.

For Tx and Rx, hardware uses buffers, so I have to allocate buffers and pass
the pointer to hardware. Can I pass the pointer returned kmalloc?  or  I
should convert it into physical address?

If it returns kernel virtual address, then how to convert into physical?

Thanks & Regards-
Suresh
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