Re: VM: Bizzare MM tricks...

Manfred Spraul (manfreds@colorfullife.com)
Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:09:27 +0200


jmcmullan@linuxcare.com wrote:
>
> I'm working on a port of a driver from NT to Linux, and was
> wondering how to best go about mapping kernel memory to
> user space and vice versa. mmap(2) is a possibility, but would
> require a vast rework of the code, and break the ability of
> the customer to use their existing code base in NT/95.
>
What's the problem with mmap?
You could also call do_mmap() from within your ioctl, but I don't why
you want to do that. (it seems to be a one line change in the user space
app)
--
	Manfred

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