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On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Mike Smith wrote:

> I/O space is easy, but memory space is hard.  Userspace access to
> physical memory is a big no-no in the *nix world.

I want to disagree just a bit. If you look at myrinet, or the many fpga
cards, it's the standard modus operandi. You have to do it that way.

ron


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