Re: [PATCH] Fix mmap_kmem (was: [question] What's thedifference between /dev/kmem and /dev/mem)

[Arjan van de Ven]

> Whilst there's no normal legitimite usage for it, it is useful for debugging.
> One thing I often do is create a circular log buffer, then fish it back 
> out by mmaping /dev/mem or /dev/kmem, and going by system.map offsets.
> No, nobody could claim it was clean or elegant, but it *is* useful.

relayfs.



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