Re: [PATCH RFC] drivers/char/mem: byte generating devices and poisoned mappings

[One Thousand Gnomes]

On Tue, 01 Apr 2014 01:16:07 +0400
Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch adds 256 virtual character devices: /dev/byte0, ..., /dev/byte255.
> Each works like /dev/zero but generates memory filled with particular byte.

More kernel code for an ultra-obscure corner case that can be done in
user space

I don't see the point

Alan
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