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From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
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Subject: Re: mmap() vs. character special file
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On Sat, 2006-Jun-24 01:27:05 +0300, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote:
>So it looks like one should be able to mmap() a character special file (w/=
o=20
>MAP_ANON, of course). However, if I try to issue:

If you have the kernel source handy, you can check which devices
support mmap() by looking for a 'd_mmap' entry in their struct cdevsw.

--=20
Peter Jeremy

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