Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.24

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/iomap.c b/lib/iomap.c
index a57d262a5ed9..864f2ec1966e 100644
--- a/lib/iomap.c
+++ b/lib/iomap.c
@@ -240,7 +240,20 @@ void ioport_unmap(void __iomem *addr)
 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);