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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man9 Update pmap(9) manpage:



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/2997f747382d
branches:  trunk
changeset: 748855:2997f747382d
user:      cegger <cegger%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Nov 07 07:37:46 2009 +0000

description:
Update pmap(9) manpage:
- Document new flags argument for pmap_kenter_pa
- Document new flags argument for pmap_enter as well
- Document the prot argument for pmap_kenter_pa. This is copy&pasted from
  pmap_enter.
Patch showed on tech-kern@ http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2009/11/04/msg006436.html
Thanks to Martin Husemann for his comments to the original patch version.

diffstat:

 share/man/man9/pmap.9 |  36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diffs (77 lines):

diff -r b7feb93c423e -r 2997f747382d share/man/man9/pmap.9
--- a/share/man/man9/pmap.9     Sat Nov 07 07:32:53 2009 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man9/pmap.9     Sat Nov 07 07:37:46 2009 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: pmap.9,v 1.39 2009/10/21 23:33:32 rmind Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: pmap.9,v 1.40 2009/11/07 07:37:46 cegger Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd October 22, 2009
+.Dd November 04, 2009
 .Dt PMAP 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 .Ft bool
 .Fn "pmap_extract" "pmap_t pmap" "vaddr_t va" "paddr_t *pap"
 .Ft void
-.Fn "pmap_kenter_pa" "vaddr_t va" "paddr_t pa" "vm_prot_t prot"
+.Fn "pmap_kenter_pa" "vaddr_t va" "paddr_t pa" "vm_prot_t prot" "u_int flags"
 .Ft void
 .Fn "pmap_kremove" "vaddr_t va" "vsize_t size"
 .Ft void
@@ -485,6 +485,9 @@
 resources, the
 .Nm
 module must panic.
+.It PMAP_NOCACHE
+The mapping being created is not cached. Write accesses have a
+write-through policy.
 .El
 .Pp
 The access type provided in the
@@ -602,16 +605,35 @@
 if the
 .Fa pap
 argument is non-NULL.
-.It void Fn "pmap_kenter_pa" "vaddr_t va" "paddr_t pa" "vm_prot_t prot"
+.It void Fn "pmap_kenter_pa" "vaddr_t va" "paddr_t pa" "vm_prot_t prot" \
+    "u_int flags"
 Enter an
 .Dq unmanaged
 mapping for physical address
 .Fa pa
 at virtual address
 .Fa va
-with protection
-.Fa prot
-into the kernel physical map.
+with protection specified by bits in
+.Fa prot :
+.Bl -tag -width "VM_PROT_EXECUTE  " -offset indent
+.It VM_PROT_READ
+The mapping must allow reading.
+.It VM_PROT_WRITE
+The mapping must allow writing.
+.It VM_PROT_EXECUTE
+The page mapped contains instructions that will be executed by the
+processor.
+.El
+.Pp
+Information provided by
+.Fa flags :
+.Bl -tag -width "PMAP_NOCACHE  " -offset indent
+.It PMAP_NOCACHE
+The mapping being created is
+.Em not
+cached. Write accesses have a write-through policy.
+.El
+.Pp
 Mappings of this type are always
 .Dq wired ,
 and are unaffected by routines that alter the protection of pages



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