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         </para>
 </sect1>
 
+<sect1 id="using uio_dmem_genirq">
+<title>Using uio_dmem_genirq for platform devices</title>
+        <para>
+        In addition to statically allocated memory ranges, they may also be
+        a desire to use dynamically allocated regions in a user space driver.
+        In particular, being able to access memory made available through the
+        dma-mapping API, may be particularly useful.  The
+        <varname>uio_dmem_genirq</varname> driver provides a way to accomplish
+        this.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        This driver is used in a similar manner to the
+        <varname>"uio_pdrv_genirq"</varname> driver with respect to interrupt
+        configuration and handling.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        Set the <varname>.name</varname> element of
+        <varname>struct platform_device</varname> to
+        <varname>"uio_dmem_genirq"</varname> to use this driver.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        When using this driver, fill in the <varname>.platform_data</varname>
+        element of <varname>struct platform_device</varname>, which is of type
+        <varname>struct uio_dmem_genirq_pdata</varname> and which contains the
+        following elements:
+        </para>
+        <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem><varname>struct uio_info uioinfo</varname>: The same
+        structure used as the  <varname>uio_pdrv_genirq</varname> platform
+        data</listitem>
+        <listitem><varname>unsigned int *dynamic_region_sizes</varname>:
+        Pointer to list of sizes of dynamic memory regions to be mapped into
+        user space.
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem><varname>unsigned int num_dynamic_regions</varname>:
+        Number of elements in <varname>dynamic_region_sizes</varname> array.
+        </listitem>
+        </itemizedlist>
+        <para>
+        The dynamic regions defined in the platform data will be appended to
+        the <varname> mem[] </varname> array after the platform device
+        resources, which implies that the total number of static and dynamic
+        memory regions cannot exceed <varname>MAX_UIO_MAPS</varname>.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        The dynamic memory regions will be allocated when the UIO device file,
+        <varname>/dev/uioX</varname> is opened.
+        Simiar to static memory resources, the memory region information for
+        dynamic regions is then visible via sysfs at
+        <varname>/sys/class/uio/uioX/maps/mapY/*</varname>.
+        The dynmaic memory regions will be freed when the UIO device file is
+        closed. When no processes are holding the device file open, the address
+        returned to userspace is DMA_ERROR_CODE.
+        </para>
+</sect1>
+
 </chapter>
 
 <chapter id="userspace_driver" xreflabel="Writing a driver in user space">