* writew/writel functions and the other mmio helpers. The returned
* address is not guaranteed to be usable directly as a virtual
* address.
+ *
+ * If the area you are trying to map is a PCI BAR you should have a
+ * look at pci_iomap().
*/
static inline void __iomem * ioremap(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioport_map);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioport_unmap);
-/* Create a virtual mapping cookie for a PCI BAR (memory or IO) */
+/**
+ * pci_iomap - create a virtual mapping cookie for a PCI BAR
+ * @dev: PCI device that owns the BAR
+ * @bar: BAR number
+ * @maxlen: length of the memory to map
+ *
+ * Using this function you will get a __iomem address to your device BAR.
+ * You can access it using ioread*() and iowrite*(). These functions hide
+ * the details if this is a MMIO or PIO address space and will just do what
+ * you expect from them in the correct way.
+ *
+ * @maxlen specifies the maximum length to map. If you want to get access to
+ * the complete BAR without checking for its length first, pass %0 here.
+ * */
void __iomem *pci_iomap(struct pci_dev *dev, int bar, unsigned long maxlen)
{
unsigned long start = pci_resource_start(dev, bar);