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diff -urN linux-2.4.18/include/asm-mips/fixmap.h linux-2.4.19/include/asm-mips/fixmap.h
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+/*
+ * fixmap.h: compile-time virtual memory allocation
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 Ingo Molnar
+ *
+ * Support of BIGMEM added by Gerhard Wichert, Siemens AG, July 1999
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_FIXMAP_H
+#define _ASM_FIXMAP_H
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
+#include <linux/threads.h>
+#include <asm/kmap_types.h>
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Here we define all the compile-time 'special' virtual
+ * addresses. The point is to have a constant address at
+ * compile time, but to set the physical address only
+ * in the boot process. We allocate these special  addresses
+ * from the end of virtual memory (0xfffff000) backwards.
+ * Also this lets us do fail-safe vmalloc(), we
+ * can guarantee that these special addresses and
+ * vmalloc()-ed addresses never overlap.
+ *
+ * these 'compile-time allocated' memory buffers are
+ * fixed-size 4k pages. (or larger if used with an increment
+ * highger than 1) use fixmap_set(idx,phys) to associate
+ * physical memory with fixmap indices.
+ *
+ * TLB entries of such buffers will not be flushed across
+ * task switches.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * on UP currently we will have no trace of the fixmap mechanizm,
+ * no page table allocations, etc. This might change in the
+ * future, say framebuffers for the console driver(s) could be
+ * fix-mapped?
+ */
+enum fixed_addresses {
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
+	FIX_KMAP_BEGIN,	/* reserved pte's for temporary kernel mappings */
+	FIX_KMAP_END = FIX_KMAP_BEGIN+(KM_TYPE_NR*NR_CPUS)-1,
+#endif
+	__end_of_fixed_addresses
+};
+
+extern void __set_fixmap (enum fixed_addresses idx,
+					unsigned long phys, pgprot_t flags);
+
+#define set_fixmap(idx, phys) \
+		__set_fixmap(idx, phys, PAGE_KERNEL)
+/*
+ * Some hardware wants to get fixmapped without caching.
+ */
+#define set_fixmap_nocache(idx, phys) \
+		__set_fixmap(idx, phys, PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE)
+/*
+ * used by vmalloc.c.
+ *
+ * Leave one empty page between vmalloc'ed areas and
+ * the start of the fixmap, and leave one page empty
+ * at the top of mem..
+ */
+#define FIXADDR_TOP	(0xffffe000UL)
+#define FIXADDR_SIZE	(__end_of_fixed_addresses << PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define FIXADDR_START	(FIXADDR_TOP - FIXADDR_SIZE)
+
+#define __fix_to_virt(x)	(FIXADDR_TOP - ((x) << PAGE_SHIFT))
+
+extern void __this_fixmap_does_not_exist(void);
+
+/*
+ * 'index to address' translation. If anyone tries to use the idx
+ * directly without tranlation, we catch the bug with a NULL-deference
+ * kernel oops. Illegal ranges of incoming indices are caught too.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long fix_to_virt(const unsigned int idx)
+{
+	/*
+	 * this branch gets completely eliminated after inlining,
+	 * except when someone tries to use fixaddr indices in an
+	 * illegal way. (such as mixing up address types or using
+	 * out-of-range indices).
+	 *
+	 * If it doesn't get removed, the linker will complain
+	 * loudly with a reasonably clear error message..
+	 */
+	if (idx >= __end_of_fixed_addresses)
+		__this_fixmap_does_not_exist();
+
+        return __fix_to_virt(idx);
+}
+
+#endif

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