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Date:      Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:32:03 -0500 (EST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@cygnus.rush.net>
To:        Peter Edwards <peter.edwards@isocor.ie>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, green@unixhelp.org
Subject:   Re: mmap on /dev/zero
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990302102926.7848r-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <36DC02A7.2D99257A@isocor.ie>

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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Peter Edwards wrote:

> > It has. :)
> > 
> > You can not do this, you must inherit the shared segment or use SYSV.
> > 
> > I do remeber someone trying some evil hack with /proc but i don't know
> > if they were successful... were you Brian Feldman? :)
> > 
> Hm.
> I think I could write a /dev/zero like driver to do this, or at least
> learn a lot trying. Would this be a worthwhile exercise?
> (I must say, that /proc idea has some evil appeal, though...)

I'm not a commiter, but i think it's functionality that would be
most appreciated.

-Alfred

> --
> Peter.



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