Method and apparatus for allowing a direct memory access unit to have access to a virtual address space is accomplished by receiving a request for memory access from the direct memory access device; determining a device identifier according to the received request for memory access; determining a memory protection schema according to the determined device identifier; and granting the direct memory access unit access to memory in accordance with the determined memory protection schema.

 
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