Re: Accessing peripheral register directly from userspace

[Clemens Ladisch]

Krishna Gopal wrote:
> Would there be any issues for optimization purpose I do a mmap to a
> peripheral register to directly access it from userspace ?

This means that userspace could access any register in the same page.

Usually this is done only with read-only pages and with devices that
are designed for this so that all accessible registers are 'safe'.


Regards,
Clemens
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