mp_machdep.c (was Re: [Fwd: Re: Bug reports requested - acpi])

[John Baldwin]

On Tuesday 21 September 2004 04:14 pm, Roman Kurakin wrote:
> John Baldwin:
> > [...]
> >
> >-       pmap_kenter(boot_address + KERNBASE, boot_address);
> >+       dst = pmap_mapdev(boot_address, size);
> >        for (x = 0; x < size; ++x)
> >                *dst++ = *src++;
> >
> >Though it's not really a device. :-P
>
> I don't like its internals, it is not transparent. In some cases it may
> have side effects.

It is exactly the same except that it better abstracts the KERNBASE 'magic'.  
It will not have side effects for any valid boot address.

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