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.Dd July 19, 2003
.Dt VM_MAP_CREATE 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vm_map_create
.Nd create a new vm_map structure
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In vm/vm.h
.In vm/vm_map.h
.Ft vm_map_t
.Fn vm_map_create "pmap_t pmap" "vm_offset_t min" "vm_offset_t max"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn vm_map_create
function creates and returns a new, empty map structure, associated
with the physical map
.Fa pmap ,
and with the
upper and lower address bounds specified by
.Fa max
and
.Fa min
respectively.
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The kernel's zone allocator is used to allocate the map.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn vm_map_create
function returns a pointer to the newly allocated map if successful.
Otherwise, it returns
.Dv NULL .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pmap 9 ,
.Xr vm_map 9 ,
.Xr vm_map_init 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
.An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org .
