Re: mmaping a kernel buffer to user space

From: Rolf Offermanns
Date: Wed Nov 01 2006 - 06:15:39 EST


Guillermo Marcus <marcus <at> ti.uni-mannheim.de> writes:
> Note: I am using kernel 2.6.9 for these tests, as it is required by my
> current setup. Maybe this issue has already been addressed in newer
> kernel. If that is the case, please let me know.

Have a look at this article:

"The evolution of driver page remapping"
http://lwn.net/Articles/162860/

It should make things clearer.

The "API changes in the 2.6 kernel series" page is also a very good read:
http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/

HTH,
Rolf

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