xref: /minix/minix/lib/libsys/sys_physcopy.c (revision 83133719)
1 #include "syslib.h"
2 
3 int sys_physcopy(src_proc, src_vir, dst_proc, dst_vir, bytes, flags)
4 endpoint_t src_proc;		/* source process */
5 vir_bytes src_vir;		/* source virtual address */
6 endpoint_t dst_proc;		/* destination process */
7 vir_bytes dst_vir;		/* destination virtual address */
8 phys_bytes bytes;		/* how many bytes */
9 int flags;			/* copy flags */
10 {
11 /* Transfer a block of data.  The source and destination can each either be a
12  * process number or SELF (to indicate own process number). Virtual addresses
13  * are offsets within LOCAL_SEG (text, stack, data), or BIOS_SEG.
14  * Physicall addressing is also possible with PHYS_SEG.
15  */
16 
17   message copy_mess;
18 
19   if (bytes == 0L) return(OK);
20   copy_mess.m_lsys_krn_sys_copy.src_endpt = src_proc;
21   copy_mess.m_lsys_krn_sys_copy.src_addr = src_vir;
22   copy_mess.m_lsys_krn_sys_copy.dst_endpt = dst_proc;
23   copy_mess.m_lsys_krn_sys_copy.dst_addr = dst_vir;
24   copy_mess.m_lsys_krn_sys_copy.nr_bytes = bytes;
25   copy_mess.m_lsys_krn_sys_copy.flags = flags;
26 
27   return(_kernel_call(SYS_PHYSCOPY, &copy_mess));
28 }
29