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Date:      Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:17:48 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Manuel =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=FChn?= <freebsdnewbie@freenet.de>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mmap device-drivers
Message-ID:  <35578.1489483068@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20170314090905.GA94880@freebsd-t420.fritz.box>
References:  <20170314090905.GA94880@freebsd-t420.fritz.box>

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In message <20170314090905.GA94880@freebsd-t420.fritz.box>, Manuel =3D?iso=
-8859-1
?Q?St=3DFChn?=3D writes:

>is it possible for a device driver to keep track if there are still
>active mmap() pointers pointing to that device?

I looked at this back in PCMCIA days and it was not possible, and my
attempts to implement it did not succeed.

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