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- From: harrison@jho.com (Mark Harrison)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
- Subject: mmap a raw device?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov08.000752.2030@jho.com>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 00:07:52 GMT
- Organization: Software Programming, Inc., Dallas, Texas USA
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- Should a process be able to mmap() a raw (disk) device? The
- example in the manual shows that an error will occur on mmap()ing
- to a terminal, for example, but I can't find a definitive
- reference on whether it will or won't work on a raw device.
-
- A colleague's preliminary tests indicate that it won't work.
-
- SunOS 4.something, if it makes a difference.
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