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From: "Evan Champion" <evanc@synapse.net>
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Subject: mmap()'ing from raw devices?
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 16:25:24 -0400
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I'd like to be able to mmap() from a block device (ie: /dev/sd3h).  I know
that 2.2 doesn't support this; can 3.0 do it, or could it be relatively
easily fixed to do it?

The application is on a CNFS news server.  CNFS makes heavy use of mmap(),
but otherwise has no use for a filesystem...

Thanks.

Evan