Re: netlink vs ioctl

bryanr@bryanr.org
Mon, 04 Mar 2002 22:24:43 -0800


aryan aru wrote:
> When used ioremap_nocache to map from user space to
> kernel space does it do cache flush ?

I'd guess ioremap_nocache marks the area as uncacheable,
so that all memory accesses bypass the cache and go
directly to physical memory. best way to find out
is to check the code ;)

-Bryan

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