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On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Ivan Voras wrote:
> Gerald Heinig wrote:
> > How about implementing your code as a system call, which is called
> > from a process that maps a large file into memory, as you suggested
> > above.
>
> What if the code is a device driver?

Then the client process can do some leg work for it? :)

If you explain what you are trying to achieve in more detail then people=20
could comment on the best approach..

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