minix/kernel/system/old/do_physcopy.c
2005-04-21 14:53:53 +00:00

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/* The system call implemented in this file:
* m_type: SYS_PHYSCOPY
*
* The parameters for this system call are:
* m5_l1: CP_SRC_ADDR (physical source address)
* m5_l2: CP_DST_ADDR (physical destination address)
* m5_l3: CP_NR_BYTES (number of bytes to copy)
*
* Author:
* Jorrit N. Herder <jnherder@cs.vu.nl>
*/
#include "../kernel.h"
#include "../system.h"
/*===========================================================================*
* do_physcopy *
*===========================================================================*/
PUBLIC int do_physcopy(m_ptr)
register message *m_ptr; /* pointer to request message */
{
/* Handle sys_physcopy(). Copy data by using physical addressing. */
phys_bytes src_phys, dst_phys, bytes;
/* Dismember the command message. */
src_phys = (phys_bytes) m_ptr->CP_SRC_ADDR;
dst_phys = (phys_bytes) m_ptr->CP_DST_ADDR;
bytes = (phys_bytes) m_ptr->CP_NR_BYTES;
/* Do some checks and copy the data. */
if (src_phys == 0 || dst_phys == 0) return(EFAULT);
phys_copy(src_phys, dst_phys, bytes);
return(OK);
}