Accessing physical memory from kernel module

From: Frank Benoit (nospam_at_xyz.com)
Date: 07/23/03 

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 22:44:34 +0200

Hi

I am working with an Arm. It has several Chip Select Lines. I am working
on a kernel module, using RTAI.

>From User Space I can use open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR | O_SYNC) and mmap to
access the memory for the CS Lines.

How can I do that in kernel Space?

Thank Frank
benoit at tionex de

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