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haribabu1836 01-23-2012 05:40 AM
What does "/dev/mem" file indicates in linux
 
Hi All,

I have a PCI device in FC13 and i know the BAR0 value of it. How can i map some size of device memory into my application(main.c) address space? Should i do this by opening "/dev/mem" file and by "mmap()" function?

Is this "/dev/mem" device file indicates processor address space OR system RAM?
And what does "/dev/ramx" device files indicates? Please clear me these doubts,Thanks in advance.

nini09 01-23-2012 02:09 PM
/dev/mem is a character device file that is an image of the main memory of the computer. Byte addresses in /dev/mem are interpreted as physical memory addresses.

haribabu1836 01-24-2012 12:46 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by nini09 (Post 4582439)
/dev/mem is a character device file that is an image of the main memory of the computer. Byte addresses in /dev/mem are interpreted as physical memory addresses.
Thanks for your reply.
What does "/dev/ram" files indicates in Linux and how these files differs from "/dev/mem" file?

nini09 01-24-2012 02:28 PM
/dev/ram* is RAM disk device, which simulates a fixed size hard disk in physical RAM.


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